THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN WITH PUBLICATION IN MIND
AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD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 TRANS TEXAS HOLDINGS CORP.1
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Appeal No. 2005-2643
Reexamination Control No. 90/005,842
Patent 6,052,6732
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HEARD: January 24, 2006
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Before MARTIN, BLANKENSHIP, and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.
MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. §§ 134 and 306 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-28, which are all of the patent claims, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
We affirm.
1 Trans Texas Holdings Corp. is the owner of the patent under reexamination.
The inventors named in the patent are Tomás Leon and Lewis J. Spellman.
2 The ‘673 patent issued based on Application 09/184,752, filed November 2,
1998, which purports to be a continuation of 07/780,834, filed October 23, 1991 (now
Patent 5,832,461, which is identified as a continuation of 07/187,054, filed April 27,
1988 (abandoned), which is identified as a continuation of 06/770,493, filed August 27,
1985 (now Patent 4,742,457).
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