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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NIAN-HUA OU
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Appeal No. 2004-0418
Application No. 09/457,183
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 3 and 11 through 14, which
are the only claims remaining in this application. We have
jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a paper
overlaid wood board comprising an oriented strand board (OSB) core
with a resin impregnated paper overlay adhesively secured to the
top surface of the OSB core (Brief, page 3). Further details of
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