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           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                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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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