Application of Daniel Edwin Maloney

ALMOND, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection on prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 1, 5 and 6 in appellant’s application 1 for “Modified Hydrocarbon Polymers.”

The invention relates to a copolymer comprising at least 50 mol percent ethylene and at least 0.1-25 mol percent <x,[3 ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid chloride having 3-8 carbon atoms, for example, methaerylyl chloride (MAC1). A third monomer may be included in the polymeric molecule. The copolymer is useful as an adhesive, as a molding and…