The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAY A. DICKERSON, HARRY J. GOLDY, DOUGLAS C. SMITH
and RONALD R. STAIB
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Appeal No. 1997-3118
Application No. 08/372,083
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN and TIMM, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-6, 9-30 and 33-50, which are all of the claims
remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
process for preparing an aqueous papermaking suspension from a
pulp containing surface active carboxyl compounds, and toward
the paper made from this suspension. Claim 1 is illustrative:
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