The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 14
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 N. GORDON and GANGHUI TENG
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Appeal No. 1997-4284
Application No. 08/471,760
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 12-20, which are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim a method for transferring onto an imaged
transparency a reflective protective overcoat having a
reflective opaque area such that the image surface is
protected and made viewable as a reflected image. Claim 12 is
illustrative:
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