Ex Parte Schoonderwoerd et al - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 12           


                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                                                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                                                                     
                  Ex parte NICOLAAS ANTONIUS MARIA SCHOONDERWOERD,                    
                                         and                                          
                               PAUL MARIE VANDEVOORDE                                 
                                                                                     
                                Appeal No. 2002-1653                                  
                             Application No. 09/543,336                               
                                                                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                                                                     
          Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative               
          Patent Judges.                                                              
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3,             
          12-16 and 18-22.  The examiner has withdrawn the final rejection            
          of claims 4-11 and 17, the other claims remaining in the present            
          application, and has indicated that they are allowable.  Claim 1            
          is illustrative:                                                            
          1.   A coating composition comprising                                       

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