The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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 CHRISTOPH SCHWEMLER,
THOMAS ELSNER, JURGEN HEUSER
and CHRISTIAN KORDS
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Appeal No. 2006-1586
Application No. 09/933,360
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2,
4 and 5. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A process for making a shaped product from
thermoplastic polycarbonate comprising producing polycarbonate
melt by a method selected from the group consisting of phase
interface and melt transesterification and introducing the melt
directly into a forming apparatus selected from the group
consisting of an injection molding machine and an extruder, to
form said shaped product, said process characterized in the
absence therefrom of polycarbonate in granular form.
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