The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FERNANDO C. VIDAURRI, JR., JEFFREY S. FODER,
and JON F. GEIBEL
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Appeal No. 2006-1660
Application No. 10/609,087
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, TIMM, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,
35-50 and 60-72. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for preparing polyphenylene sulfide polymer,
comprising:
reacting an aqueous metal hydroxide with a polar organic
compound within a metal vessel comprising iron, chromium and
nickel and within a temperature range to form a solution having
a reaction product of the metal hydroxide and the polar organic
compound;
dehydrating the solution such that at least a portion of
the water is removed from the solution without isolating a solid
from the solution;
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