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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID R. HANSEN, and LYDIA A. SALAZAR
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Appeal No. 2001-2470
Application No. 08/890,134
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 7 through 19, which are
the only claims pending in this application. We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to
elastomer-based adhesive compositions comprising an elastomeric
block copolymer having relatively large aromatic resinous
endblocks, wherein the composition also includes tackifying
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