The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte SHIOW-CHING LIN, STEVEN J. BURKS, BRADLEY L. KENT and CRAIG N. KAMSLER __________ Appeal No. 1997-4104 Application 08/383,238 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 21. Representative claims 1 and 12 are reproduced below: 1. A paint composition comprising: (a) from about 30 wt.% to about 70 wt.%, based upon the weight of said paint composition, of a binder component, wherein said binder component comprises at least about 35 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007