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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL A. JOHNSON, CLAYTON A. GEORGE, PEGGY S. WILLETT
and SCOTT R. MEYER
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Appeal No. 1997-3870
Application No. 08/421,055
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
refusal to allow claims 6 through 32 as amended subsequent to the
final rejection (see the amendments dated Aug. 26, 1996, Paper
No. 11, and Nov. 25, 1996, Paper No. 14, entered as per the
Office action dated Sep. 12, 1996, Paper No. 12, and the Advisory
Action dated Dec. 19, 1996, Paper No. 16, respectively). Claims
6 through 32 are the only claims remaining in this application.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
method for modifying the surface of a substrate by use of an
article comprising a melt-flowable composition and a
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