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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KEITH W. HOVIS, HAROLD R. HUNT and ROBERT B. ELDRIDGE
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Appeal No. 1998-1579
Application No. 08/388,532
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-3, 6-9, 11 and 12, which are all of the claims
remaining in the application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a process for separating sulfone from a
paraffin hydrocarbon alkylation product by extracting the
sulfone from the alkylation product using water. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
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