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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PAUL VICTOR ELIU and JULIA HAUSER
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Appeal 2007-0549
Application 10/399,312
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: April 23, 2007
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Before DONALD E. ADAMS, DEMETRA J. MILLS, and
ERIC GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to processes
of preparing bis-benzazolyl compounds. The Examiner has rejected the
claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Bis-benzazolyl compounds “are useful as optical whitening agents for
natural and synthetic materials” (Specification 1). These compounds can be
made by “processes in which dicarboxylic acids or their derivatives are
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