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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS KIY, and
RUDIGER MARQUART
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Appeal No. 2001-0380
Application No. 08/676,971
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, MILLS and GREEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-14, which are all the claims pending in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
1. A method for culturing ciliates, comprising the steps of:
placing ciliates and medium therefor in a culture flask;
providing said culture flask with a stirrer having a magnetic core,
wherein said stirrer is suspended in the top part of the culture flask
such that the stirrer does not touch the flask bottom, and wherein the
motion of said stirrer is driven by means of a magnetic field; and
stirring said ciliates in said culture medium.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
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