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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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


                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte VENKATARAM KRISHNAN                              
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                                Appeal No. 2004-2233                                  
                             Application No. 10/100,331                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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 (2004)           
          from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10,            
          11, 14, and 25 through 34 (final Office action mailed Oct. 16,              
          2003) in the above-identified application.  Claims 15 through 24,           
          the only other pending claims, stand withdrawn from further                 
          consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) (2003)(effective Dec.           
          22, 1959).  (Examiner’s answer mailed Apr. 30, 2004, page 2.)               
               The subject matter on appeal relates to a cationically-                
          charged water-insoluble polymer latex.  Further details of this             
          appealed subject matter are recited in representative claim 1               
          reproduced below:                                                           







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