Ex Parte Kauffman et al - Page 1







                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                               
                                                ____________                                                    
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
                                                ____________                                                    
                                     Ex parte THOMAS F. KAUFFMAN                                                
                                        And DAVID W. WHITMAN                                                    
                                                ____________                                                    
                                              Appeal 2007-2671                                                  
                                           Application 10/461,955                                               
                                          Technology Center 1700                                                
                                               ____________                                                     
                                          Decided: October 31, 2007                                             
                                                ____________                                                    
                Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, BRADLEY R. GARRIS, and                                                 
                CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            

                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 and 5.                             
                Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                                        
                       1.  A curable fluid comprising polymeric nanoparticles, wherein said                     
                curable fluid is capable of forming a polymeric composition after exposure                      
                to at least one cure condition selected from the group consisting of elevated                   
                temperature, radiation, mixing of moieties with complementary reactive                          
                groups, and combinations thereof, wherein said polymeric nanoparticles                          




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