The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ALEXANDER S. KOZLOV, THIRUMALAI PALANISAMY
and DAVE NARASIMHAN
Appeal No. 2002-0843
Application No. 09/611,182
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, TIMM and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4, 7,
9-23, 25 and 26. The examiner has indicated that claims 5, 6
and 8 define allowable subject matter. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An electroless plating composition comprising an aqueous
solution comprising:
a) a water soluble, platinum nitrite salt or platinum
ammine-nitrite salt;
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