The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte THOMAS EDWARD ____________ Appeal No. 2000-1029 Application No. 08/867,617 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before GARRIS, PAK, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7 which are all of the claims in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of forming a bond between a rubber body and a surface of a body such as a vehicle mount bracket member which has been coated with an epoxy resin cured at least to an immobile film at room temperature. The method comprises pressing a chlorinated surface of thePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007