Ex parte CHABARDES et al. - Page 1




                         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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte PIERRE CHABARDES                               
                                 and CLAUDE MERCIER                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 94-1868                                   
                               Application 07/864,3851                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN and WALTZ, 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 1 through 6, 8 through 20, and 24 and 25.               
               Claim 1 is representative and is reproduced below:                     

                    1.  A process for the preparation of a terpenic ketone            
          comprising the steps of:                                                    

               1 Application for patent filed April 6, 1992. According to appellants the
          application is a continuation of Application 07/652,049, filed February 8, 1991
          (ABN).                                                                      
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