Ex parte ROMELL - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-2802                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/140,142                                                  


          subsequently was canceled in an amendment after the final                   
          rejection, leaving before us on appeal claims 1, 3-11, 13-18                
          and 20-22.  No claims have been allowed.                                    
               The appellant's invention is directed to a method of                   
          making compressed wood fuel pellets (claims 1, 3-11 and 13), a              
          machine for making compressed wood fuel pellets (claims 14-17),             
          and a compressed fuel pellet (claims 18 and 20-22).  The claims             
          on appeal have been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.                 


                                    THE REFERENCES                                    
               The references relied upon by the examiner to support the              
          final rejection are:                                                        
          McCan                    959,870                       May  31,             
          1910                                                                        
          Pfleumer                 1,542,576                Jun. 16, 1925             
          Heritage                 2,666,463                     Jan. 19,             
          1954                                                                        
          Matthews                 2,876,811                     Mar. 10,             
          1959                                                                        
          Gibbons                  3,084,620                     Apr.  9,             
          1963                                                                        
          Turner                   3,132,674                     May  12,             
          1964                                                                        
          Bonlie                   3,527,580                     Sep.  8,             
          1970                                                                        


                                    THE REJECTIONS                                    







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