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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 40
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEAN-PAUL BILLON
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Appeal No. 2000-0168
Application No. 08/934,393
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HEARD: January 23, 2002
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Before JERRY SMITH, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative
Patent Judges
LALL, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the Examiner's final rejection of claims 15 through 17, 22,
23, 27, 30 through 38, 41 through 43, and 45 through 53, all
the pending claims in the application.
The disclosed invention relates to modeling of industrial
processes using an algorithm that is sufficiently concrete to
be
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