The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte VIJAY CHANDRAKANT MEHTA __________ Appeal No. 2001-1440 Application 08/931,635 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1 and 3- 33, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a method for preparing a lithium salt by metathesis of a lithium 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007