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                            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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                 
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                         Ex parte BALAKRISHNAN SRINIVASA, MAHAJAN S. SHIVRAM,                                           
                             CHAPHEKAR G. MORESHWAR, GUPTE M. YESHWANT,                                                 
                         KULKARNI M. PARSHURAM and BANDARUPALLI R. MURTHY                                               
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                                                Appeal No. 2003-0870                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/046,740                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before GARRIS, PAK, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                            
              GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      
                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 2-7 and 9-11                    
              which are all of the claims remaining in the application.                                                 
                     The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for preparing thiourea from                      
              calcium cyanamide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide reagents via specifically                          
              claimed steps and parameters.  This appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated                     
              by independent claim 7 and independent claim 9, a copy of which taken from the                            
              appellants’ Brief is appended to this decision.                                                           








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