The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte LEWIS D. SHACKFORD __________ Appeal No. 1998-2354 Application 08/054,588 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before PAK, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 and 7-12, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward methods for initial gaseous bleaching and transporting of medium consistency pulp. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007