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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD B. HALSEY
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Appeal No. 2001-2457
Application No. 09/168,979
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 21 through 30, which are the only claims
remaining in this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a process
for recovering purified cyclopentane from a hydrocarbon stream that
contains neo-hexane, hydrocarbon impurities and at least 25 wt. %
of cyclopentene (Brief, page 2). Illustrative independent claim 21
is reproduced below:
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