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               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 21           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                       Ex parte MICHAEL CHARLES MILNER COCKREM                        
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2003-0804                                  
                             Application No. 09/196,266                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     

          Before KIMLIN, KRATZ and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-18              
          and 20-34, all the claims remaining in the present application.             
          Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                    
               1.  A process for producing an ester, comprising the steps             
          of:                                                                         
               a. feeding to a first vessel a feed that comprises organic             
          acid, alcohol, and water, whereby organic acid and alcohol react            
          to form monomeric ester and water, wherein the monomeric ester              
          has a lower boiling point than the organic acid, and the feed is            

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