Ex Parte Beck - Page 1




             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was         
             not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.         


                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                             Ex parte THEODORE R. BECK                              
                                                                                   
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                                Appeal No. 2004-1043                                
                             Application No. 09/960,907                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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             Before TIMM, JEFFREY T.SMITH and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative           
             Patent Judges.                                                         
             PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                              


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 

                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134               
              from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-43.                   
                   Claims 1, 10, 18, 27 and 35 are representative of the            
              subject matter on appeal and are set forth below:                     
                        1. An improved method of producing                          
                   aluminum in an electrolytic cell containing                      
                   alumina dissolved in an electrolyte, the                         
                   method comprising the steps of:                                  
                        (a) providing a molten salt                                 
                   electrolytic at a temperature less than                          
                   900ēC having alumina dissolved therein in an                     





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