Ex parte REUVEN 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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    ____________                                      
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                       Ex parte YAKIR REUVEN and KOU-CHANG LIU                        
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 1997-2233                                  
                             Application No. 08/365,384                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                    ____________                                      
          Before CAROFF, GARRIS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        




                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection of              
          claim 1, the sole claim pending in appellants' application.                 
               The subject claim relates to a process for making                      
          substantially homogeneous copolymers having a selected                      
          composition and composed of at least two monomers having                    
          differing reactivity rates.  The polymerization reactor is                  





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