Ex Parte RODUIT 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            written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    _____________                                     
                 Ex parte JEAN-PAUL RODUIT and GEORGES KALBERMATTEN                   
                                   _____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2001-1932                                  
                             Application No. 08/829,512                               
                                   ______________                                     
                              HEARD:  November 7, 2002                                
                                   _______________                                    
          Before LIEBERMAN, DELMENDO and POTEATE, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s            
          refusal to allow claims 2-19, which are all of the claims                   
          remaining in the application.                                               
               Claims 18 and 19 are representative of the subject matter on           
          appeal.  A copy of these claims is appended to this decision.               
               The references relied upon by the examiner are:                        
               Suto et al. (Suto)       5,142,057      Aug. 25, 1992                  
               Takeuchi et al., “Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of                 
               N-Heteroaromatic chloride”, Journal of Molecular                       
               catalysis, vol. 66, pgs. 277-288 (1991). (Takeuchi)                    





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