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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
-1–
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