Appeal No. 1997-4422 Application 08/269,797 a NH3 decomposition stage, in the claimed sequence (claim 24); or a water gas shift/CO methanation stage, and a NH3 decomposition stage, in the claimed sequence (claim 38), in view of the applied references. Hence, we reverse all of the rejections made by the examiner. II. Other Issues We note that the examiner’s answer is not in accordance with MPEP § 706.02(j). The examiner has completely failed in conforming with guidelines (A)–(D) listed in this section. MPEP § 706.02(j), Rev. 1, Feb. 2000. 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007