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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RANVIR S. VIRDI ____________ Appeal No. 1997-3644 Application No. 08/442,633 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, LIEBERMAN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11-20, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellant's invention relates to a rubber vulcanization process. According to appellant, nitrosamines production is minimized in such a process via the use of an accelerating or vulcanizing effective amount of a compound having a group ofPage: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007