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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTIAN SCHADE, ROBERT HEINZ,
THEKLA BORS, and HANS-ULRICH WEKEL
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Appeal No. 2001-1241
Application No. 09/101,234
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH , ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-9 and 11, all of the claims remaining. Claim 1 is
representative and reads as follows:
1. A granular material obtainable by pressing mixtures of at least one
carboxyl-containing polymer as main component and at least one
oil-soluble component, wherein use is made of a polymer
component obtainable by free-radical-initiated copolymerization of
monomer mixtures comprising
a) from 50 to 99.93% by weight of a monoethylenically
unsaturated C3-C6-monocarboxylic acid, a monoethylenically
unsaturated C4-C8-dicarboxylic acid or their anhydrides or
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