Ex Parte LEDNOR et al - Page 1



            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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                     ____________                                     
                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                     ____________                                     
                            Ex parte PETER WILLIAM LEDNOR                             
                             and KATHERINE SEARCY-ROBERTS                             
                                     ____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 2001-0784                                 
                              Application No. 08/755,844                              
                                     ____________                                     
                                       ON BRIEF                                       
                                     ____________                                     
          Before CAROFF, DELMENDO, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection          
          of claims 1 and 4-8, all of the claims remaining in appellants’             
          involved application.                                                       
               The claims at issue are directed to a process for preparing a          
          ceramic foam support impregnated with a catalytically active                
          component other than an inorganic oxide.                                    
               Appellants stipulate on page 2 of their brief that all of the          
          claims at issue stand or fall together for purposes of this appeal.         





Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007