The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte OMAR FAROOQ __________ Appeal No. 1997-3175 Application 08/521,545 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before WINTERS, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-5, 12 and 13, which are all of the claims remaining in the application. THE INVENTION Appellant claims a mordant having a recited general formula. Appellant states that the mordant is useful for ink jet receptors and the like (specification, page 1, lines 10- 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007