Ex Parte WATTS et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                      Ex parte RAYMOND F. WATTS and PHILIP REEVE                      
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                                Appeal No. 1999-2844                                  
                               Application 08/813,530                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, WALTZ and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                      DECISION                                        
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-18,                
          which are all of the claims in the application.                             
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants claim a lubricating composition comprising a            
          lubricating oil and a specified additive combination for                    
          lubricating a continuously variable transmission, and also claim            
          the additive combination and a method for lubricating a                     

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