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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ARUNABHA BASU, THEODORE H. FLEISCH,
CHRISTOPHER I. MCCARTHY, SVEND-ERIK MIKKELSEN
and CARL A. UDOVICH
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Appeal No. 1997-3529
Application No. 08/463,939
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ON BRIEF
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Before, KIMLIN, PAK and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 12-16. No other 1
claims remain pending in this application.
Appellants' invention relates to a diesel fuel
composition including specified amounts of dimethyl ether,
water and methanol. An understanding of the invention can be
1We note that claim 9 stands rejected as maintained by
the examiner in the final rejection. Appellants have not
appealed from the final rejection of claim 9 (brief, page 4).
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