The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte NORIKO SAKASHITA, YASUHIRO MIKI and AKIRA TAKAKI ____________ Appeal 2006-1581 Application 10/730,887 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: September 29, 2006 ____________ Before WALTZ, KRATZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4. Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and is set forth below: 1. A processing aid for a vinyl chloride resin having specific viscosity ηsp of at least 0.5, which is obtained by polymerizingPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007