The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ASTRID GÖRGE, JULIANE MEESE-MARKTSCHEFFEL,
DIRK NAUMANN, ARMIN OLBRICH and FRANK SCHRUMPF
Appeal No. 2002-0196
Application No. 08/952,913
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH and MOORE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3
and 20-23. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. Basic cobalt (II) carbonate, agglomerated from fine primary
particles and of general composition Co[(OH)2]a[CO3]1-a, where
0.1 # a # 0.9, characterised [sic, characterized] in that
the agglomerates have a spheroidal habit and the average
agglomerate diameter is 3 to 50 :m.
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