Ex parte RUSSELL et al. - Page 1




           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
               publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
                                                                 Paper No. 12         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                       Ex parte LARRY L. RUSSELL and LOUIS MOHAR                      
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                                 Appeal No. 1997-4285                                 
                              Application No. 08/420,852                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 to 10, which are all of the claims                    
          pending in this application.                                                


               We REVERSE.                                                            


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a wastewater                      
          treatment process (specification, p. 1).  A copy of the claims              





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