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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JO-ANN E. BICE, STUART D. HELLRING,
TIMOTHY A. OKEL and JAMES R. HAHN
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Appeal No. 2004-0448
Application No. 09/636,311
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, OWENS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-17,
which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method for making a hydrophobic
particulate inorganic oxide having a carbon content that is
substantially non-extractable and an M1 Standard White Area of
less than 0.4%.1 Claim 1 is illustrative:
1 The procedure for determining the M1 Standard White Area
is described in the appellants’ specification (page 30, line 7 -
page 40, line 29).
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