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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte RONALD PAUL GEE and BURT MICHAEL WROLSON ____________ Appeal No. 2003-0941 Application No. 09/797,296 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007