UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ Ex parte JAMES J. KOBE, PATRICK J. FISCHER LEE F. SPENCER JR. and ZHIMING ZHOU _____________ Appeal No. 2005-2652 Application 10/066,9901 ______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before KIMLIN, PAK, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges. PAK, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 15 and 23, which are all of the claims pending in the above-identified application. APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER The subject matter on appeal is directed to an article made of at least partially adhesive coated expanded polymeric foam substrate containing preferably a non-halogenated and antimony- 1 Application for patent filed February 4, 2002.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007