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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT F. LAKE Jr. and
JEFFREY S. TENNANT
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Appeal 2007-0999
Application 10/600,280
Technology Center 1700
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ON BRIEF
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Before MILLS, GREEN, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Claims 1-24 are on appeal. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.
§ 6(b). We affirm-in-part, but designate it as a new grounds of rejection.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
This appeal involves claims to a device and method for
decontaminating a medical apparatus. Claims 1-24, all the pending claims,
are on appeal (Br. 2). The claims stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, and 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The following prior art
references are relied upon by the Examiner as evidence:
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