Ex parte EKELAND et al. - Page 1




                                    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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 9                           
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                   Ex parte ROBERT A. EKELAND and RANDAL M. HILL                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-1787                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/372,4821                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before CAROFF, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection of                                                                     
                 claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 14-15 and 17, all the claims                                                                               
                 pending in the involved application.                                                                                                   
                          The claims on appeal are directed to methods and                                                                              
                 associated compositions which involve entrapping a water-                                                                              


                          1Application for patent filed January 13, 1995.                                                                               





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