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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONALD P. HART, JR.
and ROBERT C. STROUP
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Appeal No. 1996-0837
Application 08/043,062
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, ELLIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1, 57 and 88, all the claims remaining in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A printing coating composition for forming a decorative coating on a substrate
comprising:
(A) (i) at least one homopolymer of ethylene having a melt index of at least about
220 grams per ten minutes as determined by ASTM D1238, condition 190/2.16, or (ii) at
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