The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HARRY A. KRAGLE
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Appeal No. 2001-0786
Application 09/089,575
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ON BRIEF
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Before PATE, HANLON, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 8, all the claims pending
in the application. The claims on appeal relate to a honeycomb
extrusion die. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A honeycomb extrusion die comprising:
a unitary die body having a slotted die discharge face and
an opposing die body inlet face, the inlet face being provided
with a plurality of body feedholes extending into the die body
toward the discharge face and an intersecting array of discharge
slots extending from the discharge face toward the inlet face,
the feedholes extending into and terminating within the base
portions of the discharge slots;
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