Ex Parte Gee et al - Page 1




             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was         
             not written for publication and is not precedent of the Board.         
                                                            Paper No. 11            
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                         
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                 Ex parte RONALD PAUL GEE and BURT MICHAEL WROLSON                  
                                                                                   
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                                Appeal No. 2003-0941                                
                             Application No. 09/797,296                             
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                                      ON BRIEF                                      
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         Before OWENS, PAWLIKOWSKI and MOORE, Administrative Patent                 
         Judges.                                                                    
         PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                                  

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                 

              This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s           
         final rejection of claim 1-3 and 6-8.  A copy of claim 1 is set            
         forth below:                                                               
                   1. A method of removing volatile siloxanes from                  
              an aqueous emulsion containing siloxane polymers and                  
              volatile siloxanes comprising contacting the aqueous                  
              emulsion with a hydrophobic pervaporation membrane.                   









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