Ex parte ODA et al. - Page 12

                 Appeal No. 95-3484                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/098,236                                                                                                                 


                 properties of the copolymers disclosed by Stearns.                                                                                     
                          For the above reasons, we do not sustain the examiner’s                                                                       
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             
                                                                    DECISION                                                                            
                          The rejection of claims 1, 4-8, 38-46 and 49-53 under 35                                                                      
                 U.S.C. § 103 over Stearns in view of Biswell is reversed.                                                                              
                                                                    REVERSED                                                                            



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