Ex parte AKITOMO et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Apr 20, 1998

08061406 (B.P.A.I. Apr. 20, 1998)

Application for patent filed May 12, 1993. 1
THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HIROSHI AKITOMO and TSUGIO NOZOE
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Appeal No. 95-0227
Application No. 08/061,4061
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, METZ and WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This decision on appeal relates to the final rejection of
claims 1-2, all the pending claims in the involved application.
The claims relate to a “clay-like” composition including a
diorganopolysiloxane, a synthetic resin powder and a liquid
paraffin.
Appeal No. 95-0227
Application No. 08/061,406
2
Appellants acknowledge on page 3 of their brief that the
claims stand or fall together for purposes of this appeal.
Accordingly, we will limit our consideration to claim 1, the
sole independent claim, which reads as follows:
1. Clay-like organopolysiloxane composition having a
Williams Plasticity within the range of 100 to 200 consisting
essentially of
(A) 100 weight parts of a diorganopolysiloxane having a
viscosity of at least 300,000 centistokes at 25