The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MADHU ANAND, SHIVAJI SIRCAR and BRIAN T. CARVILL __________ Appeal No. 1998-1219 Application 08/419,317 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WALTZ, LIEBERMAN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 22, which are the only claims in this application (see the Brief, page 3). According to appellants, the invention is directed to a process for operating equilibrium controlled reactions under isothermal conditions including the steps of countercurrently 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007