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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SIEGFRIED WOLFF,
RAINER PANENKA, MARINUS HADDEMAN
and HIDENARI NAKAHAMA
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Appeal No. 1997-2873
Application 08/417,858
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 through 12, 14 through 31, 33 and 36. Subsequently, claims 13, 32, 34 and 35
were cancelled and claim 24 was withdrawn from consideration by the examiner under 37 CFR
§ 1.142(b). Thus, claims 1 through 12, 14 through 23, 25 through 31, 33 and 36 remain for
consideration on appeal. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
1. A vulcanizable rubber composition comprising
(a) an ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene copolymer rubber (EPDM), a sufficient
amount of a cross-linking system capable of crossing the rubber,
(b) at least one of the alkoxysilane compounds expressed by the following formula (I) or
(II), and
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