Ex Parte Holtrup et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 18              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte FRANK HOLTRUP, TANJA SCHONSTETTER                       
                                 AND HEIDI GRUNDNER                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-2217                                  
                               Application 09/549,016                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, OWENS and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-3.                 
          Claim 4, which is the only other claim in the application, stands           
          allowed.                                                                    
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a resin           
          obtainable by reacting of a specified substituted aniline with an           
          aldehyde and an alkylene oxide.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                   


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