The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and not binding precedent of the Board.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 __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte HSUEH-CHIA CHANG and DAVID T. LEIGHTON __________ Appeal No. 1998-1133 Application 08/382,296 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ 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 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007