Ex Parte Hage et al - Page 1



                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                          
                                   is not binding precedent of the Board                                     
                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
                                             _______________                                                 
                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
                                             _______________                                                 
                               Ex parte RONALD HAGE, JAN KLUGKIST,                                           
                                         and TON SWARTHOFF                                                   
                                             ______________                                                  
                                             Appeal 2007-1397                                                
                                          Application 10/375,238                                             
                                          Technology Center 1700                                             
                                             _______________                                                 
                                       Decided:  September 27, 2007                                          
                                             _______________                                                 
                Before BRADLEY R. GARRIS, CHARLES F. WARREN, and                                             
                CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
                WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                  
                      Applicants appeal to the Board from the decision of the Primary                        
                Examiner finally rejecting claims 1, 4, 5, and 9 through 20 in the Office                    
                Action mailed June 15, 2005 (Office Action).  35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a)                      
                (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a) (2005).                                                         
                      We affirm the decision of the Primary Examiner.                                        
                      Claim 1 illustrates Appellants’ invention of a bleaching composition,                  
                and is representative of the claims on appeal:                                               




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