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Paper No. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex Parte STEVEN M. MAGGARD, JAMES H. HIGGINBOTHAM
and JOSEPH H. WALKER
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Appeal No. 1996-1813
Application 08/117,4531
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ON BRIEF
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Before, PAK, OWENS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
Applicants appeal a decision of the Primary Examiner
rejecting claims 1-18, all the claims in the application. We
have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.
1 Application for patent filed September 7, 1993. According to
applicants, the application is a continuation-in-part of Application
07/800,788, filed November 27, 1991 now abandoned. The real party in interest
is the Ashland Oil Corporation.
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