Ex parte BOULOS 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               in a law journal and is not binding precedent                          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. 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-                                          




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