Ex Parte Bellasalma 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GERARD JAY BELLASALMA,                            
                            JOON TAEK KIM and LLOYD RAMSEY                            
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                                 Appeal No. 2005-1279                                 
                              Application No. 09/924,285                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.          
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               Gerard Jay Bellasalma et al. appeal from the final rejection           
          (mailed July 30, 2003) of claims 1 through 32, all of the claims            
          pending in the application.                                                 
                                   THE INVENTION                                      
               The invention relates to “a low-pressure mold assembly, and            
          more particularly to a valve assembly for a mold which minimizes            
          the frequency of flushing” (specification, page 1).                         
          Representative claim 1 reads as follows:                                    
               Claim 1. A valve assembly for a low pressure mold assembly             
          comprising:                                                                 
               a port to a mold assembly;                                             
               a coupler for receipt of a mix head along a mix head axis;             
               a fluid flow passage from said coupler to said port; and               
               a piston which is substantially rectilinear in                         
          cross-section, said piston movable within said fluid flow passage           
          along a first axis between a first position which allows flow               
          from said coupler to said port, and a second position which seals           
          said port.                                                                  






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