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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte GERD KONRAD and HEINRICH HARTMANN ________________ Appeal No. 95-2269 Application No. 08/047,1591 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before WINTERS, OWENS and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judges. WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claim 22, which is the only claim remaining in the application. The appealed claim reads as follows: 22. A water-thickening copolymer, consisting essentially of: (a) from 85 to 99% by weight of acrylamide copolymerized with 1Application for patent filed April 13, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 07/716,732, filed June 17, 1991, now abandoned. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007