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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DONALD ALBERT PAQUET JR., ROBERT JOHN BARSOTTI,
LAURA ANN LEWIN, CARL BRENT DOUGLAS and MICHEAL CHARLES GRADY
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Appeal No. 2006-3248
Application No. 10/617,585
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ON BRIEF
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Before LEBOVITZ, ADAMS, and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to curable coating compositions. The Examiner has
rejected the claims as indefinite and anticipated. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.
§ 134. We reverse both rejections.
Background
Curable coating compositions are “used in automobile refinish and Original
Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) applications” to coat substrate surfaces.
Specification, page 1, lines 9-10. The compositions typically contain a polymer
component and a crosslinking component which, when mixed together and allowed to
cure, form a durable and resistant finish. Id., page 2, lines 5-6. After a surface has
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