Ex Parte TAMURA 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 39              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                      Ex parte MITSUHISA TAMURA, KENSHI UCHIDA,                       
                          KIYOSHI IWANAGA AND YOSHIAKI ITO                            
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2000-0998                                  
                               Application 08/521,432                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                HEARD: July 11, 2002                                  
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          Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent              
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the refusal to allow claims 1-8 as                 
          amended after final rejection.  These are all of the claims in              
          the application.                                                            
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim a process for producing 1-hexene                  
          comprising preparing a specified catalyst system in 1-hexene                
          solvent, charging the catalyst system in a reaction vessel                  
          without removing the 1-hexene solvent from the catalyst system,             
          adding ethylene and a solvent consisting essentially of 1-hexene            





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