The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JOSEPH S. SOLLERS, ROLAND N. FRACALOSSI, WALTER V. V. GREENHOUSE and GEORGE J. TOLEN _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3383 Application No. 08/310,052 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 9 and 11 through 13. Claim 1 is representative and is reproduced below: A process of separating and removing organic contaminants 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007