The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 16 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte BART VERLINDEN and LUC DE BRABANDERE __________ Appeal No. 1999-0267 Application 08/744,268 __________ HEARD: NOVEMBER 7, 2001 __________ Before WARREN, KRATZ and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges. PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20. The subject matter on appeal is represented by claim 1, set forth below: 1. A material for making a lithographic printing plate comprising on a glass support a surface capable of being differentiated in ink accepting and ink repellant areas in accordance with an image pattern, wherein said glass support has a thickness of not more than 0.5 mm, a failure stress of more than 4 x 107 Pa and a Youngs’ modulus of not more than 1011 Pa.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007