The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT H. WOLLENBERG
And THOMAS J. BALK
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Appeal No. 2007-0495
Application No. 10/699,5101
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ON BRIEF
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Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and HANLON and TIERNEY,
Administrative Patent Judges.
HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.
STATEMENT OF CASE
Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection of claims 1 to 37.
We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
Appellants’ invention is directed to high throughput preparation of lubricating oil
compositions for combinatorial libraries.
Claims 1 and 23 are the claims at issue in this appeal.2 They read as follows:
1. A method for preparing a plurality of different lubricant oil
formulations comprising:
1 Application 10/699,510 was filed on October 31, 2003. The real party in interest is
Chevron Oronite Company LLC.
2 Claims 1 and 23 are the only independent claims under appeal.
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