Ex parte FAROOQ - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                                Ex parte OMAR FAROOQ                                  
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                                Appeal No. 1997-3175                                  
                               Application 08/521,545                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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-                

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