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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JIANG BIAN
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Appeal No. 1999-1679
Application No. 08/851,742
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HEARD: JULY 11, 2002
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Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner
refusing to allow claims 1 through 20, 22 and 23, which are all the claims pending in this
application. Claim 21 has been canceled.
THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of polyethylene
homopolymers or copolymers of ethylene containing at least 90 mol.% of ethylene. It is
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