The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and
is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JYOTI MAZUMDER,
DWIGHT MORGAN and
TIMOTHY W. SKSZEK,
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Appeal No. 2004-2034
Application No. 09/917,096
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-9 and
11-20, all of the claims remaining in the present application.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method of fabricating a component having
improved properties, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a substrate having a surface;
b) providing a description of the component to
be fabricated;
c) heating a region of the component with a
laser sufficient to form a localized meltpool;
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