Ex Parte Kobe et al - Page 1



                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                           
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                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                              
                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                      
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                        Ex parte JAMES J. KOBE, PATRICK J. FISCHER                         
                            LEE F. SPENCER JR. and ZHIMING ZHOU                            
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                                  Appeal No. 2005-2652                                     
                                 Application 10/066,9901                                   
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                                         ON BRIEF                                          
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          Before KIMLIN, PAK, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                    
          PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                
                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                      
                This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from                 
          the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 15 and                  
          23, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified                  
          application.                                                                     
                                 APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER                                   
                The subject matter on appeal is directed to an article made                
          of at least partially adhesive coated expanded polymeric foam                    
          substrate containing preferably a non-halogenated and antimony-                  


                                                                                          
                1 Application for patent filed February 4, 2002.                           




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