Ex parte DYE et al. - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 37              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
            Ex parte JAMES L. DYE, AHMED S. ELLABOUDY and KUO-LIH TSAI                
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-2257                                  
                               Application 08/692,310                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 32 and 37-39, which are all of the claims remaining in               
          the application.                                                            
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward an                
          AuZn, AuCu or ZnCu alloy made by reducing metal salts with an               

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