THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOHN M. BIRMINGHAM _____________ Appeal No. 94-0786 Application 07/861,3321 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 USC § 134 from the final rejection of claims 10 through 13. Claim 10 and claim 13 are representative and are reproduced below: 10. In a method for cracking dicyclopentadiene to produce cyclopentadiene monomer, wherein molten dicyclopentadiene 1 Application for patent filed March 25, 1992. According to appellant, the application is a continuation of Application 07/569,657, filed August 20, 1990, now abandoned. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007