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                   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                     written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                               
                                         ________________                                             
                       Ex parte ALLAN E. HOKANSON, DEREK WILLIAMS,                                    
                                 and CHRISTOPHER S. WILLIAMS                                          
                                         ________________                                             
                                          Appeal 2007-1000                                            
                                       Application 10/315,842                                         
                                      Technology Center 1700                                          
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                                      Decided:  March 23, 2007                                        
                                      Remailed:  April 18, 2007                                       
                                         ________________                                             
               Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, CHARLES F. WARREN, and                                        
               LINDA M. GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
               KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                   

                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                              
                     This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-12.  Claim 1 is           
               illustrative:                                                                          
               1.    A method of producing phosphoric acid from phosphate ore                         
               comprising: mixing a carbon source, sulfur and silica with the phosphate ore           
               to form a phosphate mixture; mixing sufficient quantities of the sulfur with           
               the phosphate ore mixture to where the sulfur makes up approximately 0.5 to            
                                                                                                     



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