The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EMANUEL HERMANUS VAN BROEKHOVEN, JOHANNES WILHELMUS MARIA SONNEMANS and STEPHAN ZUIJDENDORP ____________________ Appeal No. 2007-2549 Application No. 10/163,2061 Technology Center 1700 ____________________ Decided: August 10, 2007 ____________________ Before: TEDDY S. GRON, CAROL A. SPIEGEL and MARK NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL I. Introduction Emanuel Hermanus Van Broekhoven, Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Sonnemans and Stephan Zuijendorp (hereinafter "Appellants") seek our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1- 1 The Application was filed 5 June 2002. Appellants claim benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of European patent application EP 01202204.2 filed 8 June 2001. The real party-in-interest is said to be Albemarle Netherlands B.V.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
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