Legal Opinion
In re Brebner
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 23, 1972No. 8627PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Almond, Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the rejection of claims 1 and 3-5 of appellant’s application entitled “Polyethylene Blends.” 1 No claims were allowed.
*898The invention relates,to a two-component blend consisting of a polyethylene homopolymer and an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer. Appellant has found that the blends of the present invention produce films that retain the .tear strength (toughness) of the copolymer while having a yield strength approaching that of the polyethylene homo-polymer. At…
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