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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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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.                                                                      
                                                            Paper No. 16              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                             Ex parte JAMES R. ERICKSON,                              
                               DAVID J. ST. CLAIR and                                 
                                  MICHAEL A. MASSE                                    
                                   ______________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1998-3087                                  
                              Application 08/399,864                                  
                                   _______________                                    
                                   ON BRIEF                                           
                                   _______________                                    
          Before WINTERS, JOHN D. SMITH, and OWENS, Administrative Patent             
          Judges.                                                                     
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of               
          claims 1, 2, 9-16, 19-21 and 23, which are all of the claims                
          remaining in the application.                                               
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               Appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward unsaturated           
          monohydroxylated polydiene polymers.  Claims 1, 2 and 21 are                
          illustrative:                                                               
               1.  A partially unsaturated monohydroxylated polydiene                 
          polymer which is comprised of at least two polymerizable                    
          ethenically unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers wherein at least one           

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