The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JAMES W. THACKERAY, and GEORGE W. ORSULA ____________ Appeal No. 1999-0771 Application No. 08/640,144 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before HANLON, PAK, and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 38 through 45, all of the claims pending in the application. The claims on appeal are directed to an antihalation coating. Claim 38 is illustrative and reads as follows: 38. An antihalation coating comprising a resin binder and a crosslinker compound capable of causing crosslinking reaction of the resin binder, said resin binder conforming to the formula:Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007