The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KLAUS NOWECK, KLAUS DIBLITZ, and JAN SOHIEFLER ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1420 Application No. 08/875,528 ____________ HEARD: April 16, 2002 ____________ Before, KIMLIN, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 13-17, 19-22 and 24-32, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND Appellants' invention relates to a method for making hydrotalcites of a specified formula from divalent and trivalent metal alcoholates. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 13, which is reproduced below.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007