The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte EDWARD NASHED BOULOS and JAMES VICTOR JONES Appeal No. 2000-1849 Application No. 08/988,481 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1- 24. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A nitrate/nitrite-free method for retarding the volatilization of selenium used as a colorant in preparing a glass composition by including a manganese compound colorant along with the selenium without nitrate or nitrite compounds -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007