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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOSEPH REMICK, ANTHONY J.D. FEURTADO,
MARYAM MOBED-MIREMADI, TIM J. LAZARUK, and JAY K. BASS
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Appeal 2007-1163
Application 10/172,470
Technology Center 1600
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Decided: June 14, 2007
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Before DONALD E. ADAMS, ERIC GRIMES, and LORA M. GREEN,
Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a flow
cell assembly. The Examiner has rejected the claims as anticipated or
obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The Specification describes “a flow cell assembly for conducting at
least one reaction in the synthesis of an array of biopolymers on the surface
of a support” (Specification 4). The flow cell assembly comprises a flow
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