The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte GREGG M. SKLEDAR and KENNETH D. HOPE __________ Appeal No. 2003-0808 Application No. 09/343,334 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WARREN, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 28 (final Office action mailed Mar. 20, 2002, paper 15), which are all the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of producing a high oxidative stability polyalphaolefin (claims 1- 12 and 26-28), a lubricant composition comprising aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007