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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES D.B. SMITH
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Appeal No. 2006-2810
Application No. 10/618,111
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to alumoxane-LCT-epoxy resins and methods of
preparing them. The examiner has rejected the claims as obvious over prior art. We
have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134. We affirm.
Background
Epoxy resins are used extensively in electrical insulators for their strength,
chemical resistance, and electrical insulating properties. Specification, ¶ 3.
Improvements have been made by mixing epoxy resins with liquid crystals to create
liquid crystal thermoset (LCT) epoxy resins. Id., ¶ 5. LCT epoxy resins have superior
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