The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte THOMAS L. AFILANI
Appeal No. 2001-2035
Application No. 09/071,806
ON BRIEF
Before KRASS, LALL and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-14 and 16. Claim 15 has been indicated by the examiner
as being directed to allowable subject matter and is not before
us on appeal.
The invention relates to utilizing the principles of
dielectrophoresis to locate animate entities, such as a human
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