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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THIERRY GAUTHIER and REGIS BONIFAY
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Appeal No. 2000-0014
Application No. 08/747,927
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HEARD: JANUARY 10, 2001
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Before CALVERT, COHEN, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 15, all of the claims in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a device for injecting a
hydrocarbon charge into a catalytic cracking reactor and to a
method of catalytically cracking heavy hydrocarbon charges. A
basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claims 1 and 15, respective copies of which
appear in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 14).
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