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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN E. SCHOMMER
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Appeal No. 2003-0780
Application No. 08/642,962
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ON BRIEF
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Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, FRANKFORT and
NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 11, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Appellant's invention is directed to a method of checking
for water leakage in a fixture, such as a flush toilet, and
generally involves the steps of 1) applying or squirting a swath
of dye having a color visually distinct from the color of the
fixture surface onto the fixture surface just below the flush
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