The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte DIETER BRUCK and UDO WOLF ________________ Appeal No. 2002-0984 Application 09/246,1791 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before METZ, GARRIS and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. METZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's refusal to allow claims 6 through 10, all the claims remaining in this application.. THE INVENTION The appealed subject matter is directed to a process for the production or modification of polymeric products by monitoring a reaction designed to produce or modify a polymeric product using infrared attenuated total reflection ( IR-ATR) probes to measure 1 Application for patent filed February 4, 1999. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007