Ex Parte HERRMANN et al - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             
          Board.                                                                      
                                                            Paper No. 27              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                         Ex parte HANS-FRIEDRICH HERRMANN,                            
                         BERND BACHMANN, BERNHARD HIERHOLZER                          
                                 and WALTER SPALECK                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1997-3234                                  
                               Application 08/040,671                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 1, 3-5, 8, 13, 19, 21 and 22, and refusal to allow                   
          claims 14, 16-18, 20, 24-26 as amended after final rejection and            
          claim 28 which was added after final rejection.  These are all of           
          the claims remaining in the application.                                    
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               Appellants claim a supported polymeric catalyst made by a              
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