The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM E. BAY __________ Appeal No. 1999-1153 Application 08/324,549 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, LORIN and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-12, 15-19 and 21-37, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a process for making an acid amide by contacting an (Si, Ge or 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007