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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 SHANKAR NATARAJ, BRIAN T. CARVILL, JEFFREY R. HUFTON,
STEVEN G. MAYORGA, THOMAS R. GAFFNEY and JEFFREY R. BRZOZOWSKI
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Appeal No. 1998-2224
Application No. 08/624,147
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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 27, which are
the only claims remaining in this application.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
continuous process for operating equilibrium controlled
reactions under isothermal conditions utilizing a plurality of
reactors operated in a predetermined time sequence wherein the
heating and cooling requirements in a moving reaction mass
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