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                             THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                
                     The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                
                     today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                  
                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                              
                                                                                         Paper No. 30                    

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                            Ex parte JOHN M. FRIEL                                                       
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                                               Appeal No. 95-3425                                                        
                                            Application 08/000,5271                                                      
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent                                              
              Judges.                                                                                                    
              KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       
                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 11-19,                                         
              all the claims remaining in the present application.  Claim 11 is                                          
              illustrative:                                                                                              
                     11.  A method for eliminating the need for volatile organic                                         
              solvent coalescents in aqueous emulsion polymer-containing paint                                           
              compositions comprising forming an aqueous emulsion polymer-                                               
              containing paint composition containing no volatile organic                                                
              solvent coalescent by the addition to an aqueous composition a                                             

                     1Application for patent filed January 8, 1993.  According                                           
              to appellant, this application is a continuation of Application                                            
              07/548,035, filed July 5, 1990, now abandoned.                                                             
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