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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFFREY R. HUFTON, SHIVAJI SIRCAR, WILLIAM F. BAADE,
JOSEPH M. ABRARDO and MADHU ANAND
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Appeal No. 1998-1273
Application No. 08/624,148
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ON BRIEF
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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 19, which are
the only claims pending in this application.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
steam methane reforming (SMR) process for producing an
essentially pure hydrogen product and an essentially pure
carbon monoxide product wherein the SMR process is integrated
with a reverse water gas shift reaction process which utilizes
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