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Paper No. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WERNER WALTHER
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Appeal No. 2001-0856
Application 09/143,947
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, KRATZ and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 5 and 8 through 15. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
1. A process for finishing flexible or stretchable substrates comprising the steps of:
a) applying to the surface of said substrate an aqueous polymeric composition (C) comprising at
least one polymeric binder (A) , optionally at least one foam stabilizer (B) and an amount of
solvent blowing agent boiling in the range of from 40 to 60°C, effective to foam said
composition; and
b) applying heat to the coated substrate to foam and cure said polymeric composition (C) to form
a flexible foam coating fixed to the substrate surface.
The appealed claims, as represented by claim 1, are drawn to a process of forming a
flexible foam coating fixed to a flexible or stretchable substrates comprising at least the steps of
applying an aqueous polymeric composition comprising at least one polymeric binder and an
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