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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte RONALD J. HOXMEIER ________________ Appeal No. 1996-1284 Application No. 08/084,685 ________________ ON BRIEF ________________ Before KIMLIN, WARREN and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, all the claims remaining in the present application. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. An improved process for the preparation of a random copolymer of at least one conjugated diene and at least 50% by weight of a vinyl aromatic compound wherein the monomers are -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007