The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ULRICH EICKEN, RAYMOND MATHIS and NORBERT BIALAS
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Appeal No. 1997-3589
Application No. 08/117,013
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11-28, which are all of
the claims pending in this application.
We Reverse.
The Invention
The appellants' invention relates to a spin finish composition for lubricating synthetic filament
fibers (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief. Independent claim 11 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
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