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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ANDREAS BACHER, KARL-ERNST FICKERT,
THEO MAYER and KURT STARK
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Appeal 2007-0618
Application 10/618,936
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: February 27, 2007
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Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, BRADLEY R. GARRIS, and THOMAS A.
WALTZ, 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 15, 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 silane-containing
polyvinyl alcohols which are hydrolyzed or partially hydrolyzed vinyl ester
copolymers having a degree of hydrolysis of 75-100 mol%, where these
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