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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 9
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEREMY D. PETER-HOBLYN,
JAMES M. VALENTINE AND BARRY N. SPRAGUE
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Appeal No. 2002-1882
Application 09/756,383
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the nonfinal rejection of claims 1-20,
which are all of the claims in the application.1
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a gasoline additive containing rhodium
acetylacetonate and a fuel-soluble organoplatinum compound, and
1 The board has jurisdiction because, including the parent
application, the claims have been twice rejected. See 62 Fed.
Reg. 50,131 at 53,167 (Oct. 10, 1997).
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