The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte MICHAEL WINDSOR SYMONS __________ Appeal No. 2000-0343 Application 08/849,008 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, WALTZ and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-20, 23 and 24, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a method for treating particles of lignocellulosic material to 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007