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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MATEO JOZEF JACQUES MAYERS
and
RENE LODEWIJK MARIE DEMMER
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Appeal No. 2006-1864
Application No. 10/167,922
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4,
6, 7, and 11. Claim 12 has been allowed by the examiner, and
claims 8, 9, and 13 are objected to. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A process of making a high purity brine from a salt source
contaminated with sulfate ions and alkaline (earth) metal ions
other than sodium, wherein said process comprises dissolving
said salt source in water in the presence of at least a low
molecular weight retarding agent having a molecular weight of
less than 1,000 Dalton and a high molecular weight retarding
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