Ex Parte Jewson et al - Page 1



           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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                        
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
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                              Ex parte JENNIFER D. JEWSON                                               
                                  C. ANDREW JONES and                                                   
                                    RALPH M. DESSAU                                                     
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                                  Appeal No. 2006-1750                                                  
                               Application No. 10/435,175                                               
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                                        ON BRIEF                                                        
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          Before GARRIS, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                   
          rejection of claims 12-18, which are all of the claims pending in                             
          this application.1                                                                            
                                      BACKGROUND                                                        
               Appellants' invention relates to a method for preparing a                                
          titanium zeolite catalyst using impregnation to add palladium and                             
          gold compounds.  The catalyst is disclosed as being useful in                                 
                                                                                                        
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               1 This application is a divisional of Application No.                                    
          09/507,842, now abandoned.  In the parent application, we entered                             
          a decision affirming an obviousness rejection that was before us                              
          in Appeal No. 2003-0630.                                                                      












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