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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERARDUS J.A.M. NOTENBOOM
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Appeal No. 2000-0477
Application No. 08/834,410
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, PAK, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the refusal of the
examiner to allow claims 6-10 as amended subsequent to the final
rejection. These are all of the claims remaining in the
application.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
manufacturing a sintered structure which comprises providing a
substrate with layers of a liquid charged with particles by means
of an ink jet printer, evaporating the liquid from each layer and
then by means of a laser sintering the particles in the layer
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