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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DENNIS W. JOHNSON, PERVAJE A. BHAT and THOMAS R. GOOTS
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Appeal No. 97-2914
Application no. 08/448,0601
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ON BRIEF
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Before DOWNEY, WILLIAM F. SMITH and LORIN, 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 9-14.
Claim 9, the only independent claim, is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as
follows:
A system for removing SO3 and SO2 from a flue gas produced by the burning of a fossil fuel,
comprising:
1 This application is a divisional continuation of US appl. no. 08/235,597, filed April 29, 1994. The claims of
08/235,597 also are the subject of appeal no. 97-1551, which is being decided concurrently with the instant
appeal.
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