Ex Parte Subramanian et al - Page 1



           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.           
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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              Ex parte PALLATHERI M. SUBRAMANIAN, HOWARD CHUNG-HO NG and              
                                      ROSS A. LEE                                     
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                                 Appeal No. 2006-1117                                 
                              Application No. 10/461,308                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
               This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s            
          refusal to allow claims 1 through 3, the only claims pending in             
          this application, as amended subsequent to the final rejection (see         
          the amendment dated Jan. 14, 2005, entered as per the Advisory              
          Action dated April 4, 2005; Brief, page 2; Answer, page 2, ¶(4)).           
          We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.                           
               According to appellants, the invention is directed to a                
          multilayer film comprising at least a first resin layer of                  
          poly(1,3-propylene 2,6-naphthalate)(PPN) and a second resin layer           





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