Ex Parte Pedrido et al - Page 1



           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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARLOS PEDRIDO and BERNARD LEUENBERGER                   
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-0584                                 
                              Application No. 09/745,414                              
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                                 HEARD: March 09, 2005                                
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          Before OWENS, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claim 10.  Claims 1-9 and 11-15, which are all of              
          the other claims pending in this application, have been indicated           
          as being allowable by the examiner.                                         
                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               Appellants' invention relates to an inlet arrangement for              
          inserting a preform into a fiber drawing furnace.  An                       
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of             
          appealed claim 10, which is reproduced below.                               






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