The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ARNE SOLAND __________ Appeal No. 2003-0217 Application No. 09/284,076 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ, 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 (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 10 through 15 (final Office action mailed Oct. 17, 2001, paper 22), which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method for operating a process plant including a refining unit having at least one reformer (claims 10-14) and to an apparatus for aPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007