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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
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 L. HEDRICK, DONALD C. HOFER,
JEFFREY W. LABADIE, ROBERT B. PRIME and THOMAS P. RUSSELL
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Appeal No. 95-0318
Application 08/031,0461
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WALTZ, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 13-15,
17 and 23, all the claims remaining in the present application.
Claim 13 is illustrative:
13. A process for forming a foamed polymer having a pore size
less than about 1000D comprising the steps of:
a. forming a copolymer of a matrix polymer and a thermally
decomposable polymer which thermally decomposes at a
1Application for patent filed March 11, 1993. According
to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application
07/759,022, filed September 13, 1991, now abandoned.
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