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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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES D.B. SMITH                                              
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                                             Appeal No. 2006-2810                                                
                                           Application No. 10/618,111                                            
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before ADAMS, MILLS, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
             LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                              

                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                   This appeal involves claims to alumoxane-LCT-epoxy resins and methods of                      
             preparing them.  The examiner has rejected the claims as obvious over prior art.  We                
             have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.  We affirm.                                                


                                                  Background                                                     
                   Epoxy resins are used extensively in electrical insulators for their strength,                
             chemical resistance, and electrical insulating properties.  Specification, ¶ 3.                     
             Improvements have been made by mixing epoxy resins with liquid crystals to create                   
             liquid crystal thermoset (LCT) epoxy resins.  Id., ¶ 5.  LCT epoxy resins have superior             







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