DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1
through 20 which are all the claims remaining in the application. 1
THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a boron-carbon-silicon ceramic prepared by pyrolyzing an
organo-boron thermoset polymer having a specified structure at a sufficient temperature and
time to yield the claimed material.
THE CLAIM
Claim 1 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and is reproduced below.2
1. A boron-carbon-silicon ceramic made by a method comprising the step of:
pyrolyzing at a temperature and for a time an organoboron thermoset polymer having
a repeating unit of formula (I):
1
2
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