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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                                   today was not written for publication and is not binding                                           
                                   precedent of the Board.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. 41                            
                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                          
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                                        BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                            
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
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                                                      Ex parte BIN CHUNG,                                                             
                                             JOHN M. FUNT, BRUCE E. MACKAY                                                            
                                                   and MARK A. WILKINSON                                                              
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                                                      Appeal No. 2000-1162                                                            
                                                      Application 08/967,876                                                          
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                 
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               Before WARREN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 14, which are all of the claims in the application.  The grounds of                         
               rejection of appealed claims 1 through 4 and 12 have been withdrawn by the examiner, leaving                           
               appealed claims 5 through 11, 13 and 14 for our consideration.  Claims 5 and 8 are illustrative of                     
               the claims on appeal:                                                                                                  
                       5.  An ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer (EPDM) composition having a smooth high                                
               gloss finish when extruded comprising ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer (EPDM) and a                                    
               carbon black having a cetyl-trimethyl ammonium bromide absorption value (CTAB) of about 10                             
               m2/g to about 30 m2/g and a ratio of dibutyl phthalate adsorption value/cetyl-trimethyl                                
               ammonium bromide absorption value (DBP/CTAB) greater than about 4, wherein the carbon                                  


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