Ex parte NGUYEN - Page 2




          Appeal 97-1804                                                              
          Application 08/329,042                                                      

               A.   Findings of fact                                                  
               The record supports the following findings by a                        
          preponderance of the evidence.                                              
                                  Claimed invention                                   
                    1.   The claims stand or fall with claim 1.                       
                    2.   Claim 1 reads (indentation and paragraph                     
          numbering added; limitations which are material to the appeal               
          in bold):2                                                                  
                    A continuous, non-porous layer of self-cross-linked               
               polyvinyl butyral binder,                                              
                    [1] made be [sic-by] reacting molecules of the                    
               following Formula (1):                                                 











                    [2] where R = alkyl, allyl, [or] aryl groups, where               
                         [a] l = 50 - 95 mol%                                         


             We have reproduced claim 1 as presented in Amendment A (Paper 13) filed 4 April2                                                                        
          1995); Amendment A is identified by the PTO as #E.                          
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