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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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                        
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                            
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                                     Ex parte MICHAEL JOHN ROBERT WHITE                                                   
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                                                 Appeal No. 2002-0751                                                     
                                              Application No. 09/336,051                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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                 Before  WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent                                     
                 Judges.                                                                                                  
                 GRIMES,  Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                    

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                         This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s                           
                 final rejection of claims 37-40, all of the claims remaining.  Claim 38 is                               
                 representative and reads as follows:                                                                     
                         38. A process for forming a toilet block for use in a toilet bowl consisting                     
                 essentially of the sequential steps of:                                                                  
                         (i)  extruding polyvinyl alcohol or 50-90% partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl                        
                              acetate having a number average molecular weight of from about                              
                              15,000 up to about 68,000 and containing 0-15% by weight polar                              
                              plasticizer with from 1 up to about 20% by weight of a compatible                           
                              fragrance comprising a major proportion of at least one highly polar                        






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