Ex Parte Nixon - 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.     




                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte STEVE ALISTER NIXON                              
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                                Appeal No. 2005-0484                                  
                             Application No. 09/888,696                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CAROFF, PAK, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final                 
          rejection of claims 1-4 and 9-18, all the claims now pending in             
          appellant’s application.                                                    
               The appealed claims relate to an ambient temperature curing            
          coating composition including, inter alia, a polysiloxane and an            
          alkoxysilyl-functional acrylic polymer.  The composition is                 
          claimed as comprising more than 70% by weight solids.                       





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