The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte RAGNAR WOLD __________ Appeal No. 1998-2349 Application 08/586,874 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 8-13, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a method for removing iron and halogens from hydrochloric acid. Claim 8 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007