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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 39
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KAI BOEGE, MICHAEL DZIALLAS,
KLAUS HELPENSTEIN, WOLFGANG KLAUCK,
JOHANN KLEIN, HELMUT LOTH, HARTMUT URBATH
and UDO WINDHOEVEL
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Appeal No. 2003-0891
Application 09/011,614
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 11, 12 and 14 through 34, which are all of the claims in the applications. Claim
11, as it stands of record,1 is illustrative of the claims on appeal:
11. An aqueous dispersion, liquid or spreadable at 20°C, and useful as a binder, sealing or
coating composition, consisting essentially of water, a homopolymer or copolymer of styrene, a
fatty compound, wherein a ratio by weight of the styrene polymer or styrene copolymer to fatty
compound is from 100:0.5 to 100:15 wherein said fatty compound comprises at least one
member selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, fatty alcohols, and derivatives thereof,
wherein the fatty acids and fatty alcohols contain an aliphatic group having more than 12 carbon
1 See the amendment of October 10, 2001 (Paper No. 25), and the examiner’s answer (page 3).
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