Ex Parte DISMUKES et al - Page 1




                    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                                publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                        

                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                            Ex parte JOHN P. DISMUKES,                                                   
                                                 JACK W. JOHNSON,                                                        
                                         EDWARD W. CORCORAN, JR., and                                                    
                                                 JOSEPH VALLONE                                                          
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                                                Appeal No. 2001-0233                                                     
                                                Application 08/668,640                                                   
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before OWENS, WALTZ, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
              MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        
                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        

                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from a final rejection of claims 1-12, 14,                  
              15, 36, and 37, all of the claims pending in this application.   Claims 13 and 16-35 have                  
              been canceled.                                                                                             
                                                        CLAIMS                                                           
                     Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and reads as follows:                            
                     1.     A preceramic composite intermediate composition consisting essentially of                    
              a mixture of greater than 30 parts by weight of a ceramic precursor oligomer or polymer                    






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