Ex Parte Moman 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                         for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 AKHLAQ MOMAN, ATIEH ABU-RAQABAH, ORASS HAMED,                                        
                                          and RAJU RAGHAVAN                                                  
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                                             Appeal 2006-2487                                                
                                          Application 10/227,075                                             
                                          Technology Center 1700                                             
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                                         Decided: August 24, 2006                                            
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            Before KIMLIN, PAK, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
            KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                             

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                   This is an appeal from the Final Rejection of clams 1-3, 8, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23,           
            25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 40, 42, 44, 46, and 48.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                        
                         1.  A process for homopolymerization of an olefin or                                
                   copolymerization of at least one olefin with one alpha-olefin to produce                  
                   polymers which comprises contacting the olefin or the olefin and alpha-                   
                   olefin in the absence of an electron donor with a catalyst composition in the             
                   presence of a cocatalyst, said catalyst composition prepared according to a               
                   process consisting essentially of the sequential steps of:                                





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