Ex parte LAFLEUR et al. - Page 7




            Appeal No. 95-3201                                                                               
            Application No. 08/083,957                                                                       


                                                 APPENDIX                                                    

            15. A polymeric blend comprising:                                                                
                   (a) from about 10 to about 95 parts of at least one                                       
                         natural and melt-intractable polar polymer selected                                 
                         from starch, chitin, chitosan, lignin or cellulose;                                 


                   (b) from about 5 to about 90 parts of a polymeric                                         
                         composite of:                                                                       


                         i)     from about 40 to about 95 parts by weight of a                               
                                first polymer containing at least 50 mol% of                                 
                                units of the structure                                                       

                                              ) CH ) CH )                                                   
                                                   2                                                         
            *                                                                                                
            OH   ;                                                                                           

                         ii) from about 5 to about 60 parts by weight of a                                   
                                second polymer containing at least about 70                                  
                                parts of units derived from a lower alkyl                                    
                                methacrylate or acrylate, and at least one of                                
                                either up to about 25 parts of units derived                                 

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