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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte MICHAEL A. MCINTYRE and OLIVER K. WILDING _____________ Appeal No. 1997-3889 Application 08/553,733 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 17, all the claims in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A process for reducing hydrocarbon content of halosilanes, the process comprising: contacting a mixture comprising a halosilane and a hydrocarbon with silica gel, thereby reducing the hydrocarbon content of the mixture. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007