The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte WILLIAM EARL RUSSELL II, DAVID JOSEPH KROPACZEK and GLEN ALAN WATFORD _____________ Appeal No. 2006-1486 Application No. 10/608,086 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before OWENS, LEVY, and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal is from a rejection of claims 31-41, which are all of the pending claims. THE INVENTION The appellants claim an optimization process for a nuclear reactor. Claim 31 is illustrative: 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007