THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GEORGE COMBS and KENNETH G. MCDANIEL _____________ Appeal No. 1999-2229 Application 08/832,167 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before GARRIS, LIEBERMAN and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges. GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to allow claims 1-27, 30 and 31 as amended subsequent to the final rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the application. The subject matter on appeal relates to a composition which comprises an oleophilic polyoxyalkylene monoether of a particular structure and less than 6 mole percent, based on the amount of monoether, of alkoxylated unsaturates and/or less 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007