The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte UMESH C. DESAI and ANTHONY C. PALERMO __________ Appeal No. 2001-1762 Application No. 09/226,903 ___________ ON BRIEF ___________ Before OWENS, DELMENDO, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges. DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 (2002) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 11 and 14 in the above-identified application. Claim 15, which is the only other pending claim, has been withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to a restriction requirement. See 37 CFR § 1.142(b) (1959). The subject matter on appeal relates to epoxy resin-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007