Ex parte CHANG et al. - Page 1




          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and not binding precedent of the                
          Board.                                                                      
                                                            Paper No. 13              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                              Ex parte HSUEH-CHIA CHANG                               
                                and DAVID T. LEIGHTON                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1998-1133                                  
                               Application 08/382,296                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before WARREN, OWENS and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 4, 7-11 and 14-22, which are all of the claims                       
          remaining in the application.                                               
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a                 
          system and method for treating exhaust gases of an internal                 

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