Ex parte KONRAD et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 27                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                   Ex parte GERD KONRAD and HEINRICH HARTMANN                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-2269                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/047,1591                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before WINTERS, OWENS and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting                                                         
                claim 22, which is the only claim remaining in the application.                                                               
                         The appealed claim reads as follows:                                                                                 
                22. A water-thickening copolymer, consisting essentially of:                                                                  
                         (a) from 85 to 99% by weight of acrylamide copolymerized                                                             
                with                                                                                                                          


                         1Application for patent filed April 13, 1993.  According                                                             
                to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                No. 07/716,732, filed June 17, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                           
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