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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte JOHN E. HERMAN __________ Appeal No. 1997-1461 Application 08/388,9151 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before DOWNEY, HANLON and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-7 and 9-11. Claim 8 has been objected to by the examiner as dependent on a rejected claim. The subject matter on appeal is directed to a process of recovering particulate silicon from a liquid by-product 1Application for patent filed February 15, 1995. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007