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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RODGER R. LESIEUR
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Appeal No. 2001-2488
Application No. 09/368,455
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, DELMENDO, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative
Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 14, which are the only claims
pending in this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35
U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a
hydrocarbon fuel gas steam reformer assemblage which includes
adjacent pairs of burner gas passages and process gas and steam
passages, where heat transfer from the burner gases to the
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