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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MATTI SIIKA-AHO, JOHANNA BUCHERT,
TAPANI VUORINEN, ANITA TELEMAN, MAIJA TENKANEN,
MICHAEL BAILEY and LIISA VIIKARI
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Appeal No. 2001-0355
Application No. 08/750,069
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-21.
Claim 6, which is the only other claim remaining in the application, stands withdrawn
from further consideration by the examiner.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method for modifying lignocellulosic
material characterized in that at least a part of the hexenuronic acid groups of the
lignocellulosic material is selectively removed. The appealed subject matter also
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