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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH C. GENTRY and FU-MING LEE
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Appeal No. 2001-2525
Application No. 09/000,579
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, LIEBERMAN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-16, 22, 23 and 55, which are all of the
claims pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a process for recovering
aromatics from a mixed hydrocarbon feedstock containing aromatics
and non-aromatics. The process includes the parallel processing
of separate portions of the feedstock in a liquid-liquid
extractor and in an extractive distillation column with the
separately processed feedstock portions having the same
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