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          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          not written for publication  and is not binding precedent of                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                                   
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          Ex parte SHIOW-CHING LIN, STEVEN J. BURKS,                                  
          BRADLEY L. KENT and CRAIG N. KAMSLER                                        
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1997-4104                                  
                               Application 08/383,238                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          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                   
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