The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte NICOLAAS ANTONIUS MARIA SCHOONDERWOERD, and PAUL MARIE VANDEVOORDE Appeal No. 2002-1653 Application No. 09/543,336 ON BRIEF Before KIMLIN, LIEBERMAN 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, 3, 12-16 and 18-22. The examiner has withdrawn the final rejection of claims 4-11 and 17, the other claims remaining in the present application, and has indicated that they are allowable. Claim 1 is illustrative: 1. A coating composition comprising -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007