Ex parte DURAND et al. - Page 3


            Appeal No. 96-3486                                                        
            Application No. 08/291,565                                                


                         optionally at least one bonding agent and                    
                         optionally at least one mineral acid or                      
                         organic acid;                                                
                      (c) coating a ceramic or metal substrate with the               
                         suspension obtained in step (b);                             
                      (d) calcining the coated substrate from step (                  
                         c);                                                          
                      (e) impregnating said coated and calcined                       
                         substrate                        with any                    
                         remainder or all of said precursor of                        
                         metal A; and                                                 
                      (f) heat-activating said coated, calcined, and                  
                         impregnated substrate obtained from (e).                     
            25.  A catalyst produced according to the process of claim                
               1.                                                                     
            26. In the catalytic conversion and/or elimination of                     
            pollutants present in the exhaust gases of internal                       
            combustion engines, the improvement comprising passing                    
            said gases in contact with a catalyst according to claim                  
            25.                                                                       
            27. In a process for producing a catalyst containing a                    
            ceramic or metal substrate having deposited thereon a                     
            porous layer of at least one refractory inorganic oxide,                  
            which is [.alpha]-alumina, [.gamma]-alumina, [.Delta]-alumina, eta-alumina,                    
            theta-alumina, kappa-alumina, rho-alumina, chi-alumina,                   
            silica, a silica-alumina, a zeolite, a silica-magnesia,                   
            titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, or a mixture thereof; at                 
            least one iron oxide; and at least one cerium oxide; at                   
            least one metal A, and, optionally, at least one compound                 
            of metal B; said process comprising forming a powder and                  
            applying said powder to said substrate, the improvement                   
            in forming said powder which comprises atomizing an                       
            aqueous suspension of at least one powder of said                         
            refractory inorganic oxide, at least one soluble cerium                   
            salt, at least one soluble iron salt, optionally at least                 
            one portion of at least one insoluble compound and/or at                  
            least one soluble salt of said metal B, and optionally at                 
            least one portion of at least one metal A that was                        
            previously deposited by impregnation of at least one                      
            precursors [sic] thereof on at least one of the solid                     
            constituents that are present so as to recover a powder.                  
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