The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte ROBERT A. HARD ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1019 Application No. 08/623,852 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, TIMM and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 17, which are all of the claims pending in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for recovering metal values from a metal containing material including metal values being recovered and one or more additional metalPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007