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precedent of the Board
Paper No. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERHARD GROSS and VINCENZO SPITALERI
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Appeal No. 2003-1788
Application 09/403,081
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, TIMM, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 2, 4-11, 13-15, 17, 18, and 21-24.
Claims 22 and 23 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal and are set forth below, wherein text in bold is for
emphasis only:
22. In a process for producing elemental sulfur by
combustion of hydrogen sulfide or a hydrogen sulfide-containing
gas in a combustion whereby the hydrogen sulfide or the hydrogen
sulfide-containing gas is treated by partially combusting with
addition of air as the oxidation medium, subjecting the partially
combusted hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen sulfide-containing gas to
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