The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 EVA BERGGREN and DAG LINDSTROM ____________ Appeal 2006-2238 Application 10/168,709 Technology Center 1700 ____________ Decided: September 20, 2006 ____________ Before WARREN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on an appeal from the primary Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 19, which are the only claims pending in this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §134. According to Appellants, the invention is directed to a method for producing cross-linked porous support matrices to be used in a variety of applications, where the starting support matrix has pendent unsaturated groups and is subjected to electron beam or gamma ray radiation to producePage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007