THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD T. GRAY AND JUNKSIK LEE ____________ Appeal No. 1997-2330 Application No. 08/398,315 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before PAK, OWENS, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4, 7, and 8, which are all of the claims pending in this application. BACKGROUND The Appellants’ invention relates to an aqueous coating composition having extended open time and a method for extending the open time. Claims 1 and 4 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and are reproduced below:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007