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         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                    publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                            
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                          Ex parte FUNGAU HO and VIVEK JULKA                            
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                                 Appeal No. 2002-0404                                   
                              Application No. 08/859,143                                
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                                       ON BRIEF                                         
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          Before WALTZ, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                       
          DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                    
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from               
          the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 17, which are              
          all of the claims pending in the above-identified application.                
               The subject matter on appeal relates to: (i) a process for               
          refining a butyl acrylate-containing stream comprising butyl                  
          acrylate, dibutyl ether, butyl acetate, heavies, and butanol                  
          (claims 1-5); (ii) a process for refining an acrylate-containing              
          stream comprising ether, acetate, heavies, and alcohol (claim                 
               6); (iii) a process for the production of butyl acrylate                 





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