Ex Parte 5983207 et al - Page 1





                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                        
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                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                 
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                                            Ex parte JAMES J. TURK                                            
                                             Appeal No. 2006-2083                                             
                                              Patent No. 5,983,207                                            
                                   (Reexamination Control Number 90/006,352)                                  
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                                            HEARD August 7, 2006                                              
                                          Decided:  29 December 2006                                          
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             Before BARRETT, LEE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
             LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                
                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 and ' 306 from the examiner=s final     
             rejection of the patentee=s claims 1-11.                                                         
                                      References relied on by the examiner                                    
             Ohta et al. (“Ohta”)  4,977,595   December 11, 1990                                              
             Storch et al. (“Storch”) 5,448,110   September 5, 1995                                           
             United States Silver Certificate (“silver certificate”)   1923                                   
                                            The rejections on appeal                                          
                   Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as being unpatentable over the silver      
             certificate and Ohta.                                                                            
                   Claims 6-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the silver     
             certificate and Ohta and Storch.                                                                 






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