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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the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. 33
UNITED STATES BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte V. N. M. RAO
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Appeal No. 1997-1820
Application No. 08/313,9411
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ON BRIEF
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Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and
SCHAFER and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Applicant seeks review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-13, 17-21, 23, and 24.
We REVERSE.
BACKGROUND
The claimed invention is directed toward a process for
the catalytic hydrogenolysis of certain fluorohalohydrocarbon
or fluorohalocarbon compounds using a metal on a carbon
Application for patent filed 27 September 1994.1
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