Ex Parte YONEDA 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        written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                              Ex parte TAKASHIGE YONEDA                               
                                         and                                          
                                    FUMIAKI GUNJI                                     
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2003-1684                                  
                             Application No. 09/508,080                               
                                     ___________                                      
                               HEARD: January 8, 2004                                 
                                     ___________                                      
          Before WARREN, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                  
          (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 17 through             
          41, which are all the claims pending in the above-identified                
          application.                                                                
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a surface treatment            
          composition comprising a partial hydrolysate of a fluorine-                 
          containing reactive silane having the recited formula (1)                   







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