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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                                     for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                   
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
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                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                              Ex parte ROBERT J. FLEMING                                                         
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                                                   Appeal No. 2003-0625                                                          
                                                 Application No. 09/954,729                                                      
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                    
               OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               
                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                      This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 17, 19-22 and 29-31, which are                           
               all of the claims remaining in the application.                                                                   
                                                      THE INVENTION                                                              
                      The appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a method for making a                                 
               colored retroreflective article.  Claim 17 is illustrative:                                                       
                      17.  A method of making a colored retroreflective article, which method                                    
               comprises:                                                                                                        
                              contacting a precursor color coating with optical elements, wherein the                            
               precursor color coating comprises a reactive dye, reflective flakes, and a polymer                                
               precursor; and                                                                                                    







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