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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ANDREA FLORIO and FABIO BUCCI
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Appeal No. 2003-0222
Application 09/555,910
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 11 and 13 through 19, which are all of the
claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 through 10 and 12
have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention is directed to a valve with a ball of
controlled deformation. Independent claim 11 is representative
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