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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFF A. BARNHORST and
DEAN A. OESTER
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Appeal No. 2002-0435
Application No. 08/946,087
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1 and 3
through 11, which are all of the claims pending in the application.1
Claims 1 and 5, which are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, read as
follows:
1. A process for removing polyol impurities from a sorbitan ester solution
comprising:
1 As stated in the Examiner's Answer, Paper No. 21, section (3), claims 12-21
have been canceled.
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