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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LOWELL A. KLEVEN and BRAD L. LESMEISTER
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Appeal No. 2001-0778
Application No. 08/717,995
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, PAK and POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-2, 4-5,
7 and 10. The examiner has indicated that claims 11-13, the only other claims pending
in appellants’ involved application, would be allowable if rewritten in independent form.
The claims on appeal are directed to a flowmeter tube having an inner surface
coated with a layer of a bonding metal, e.g., aluminum, and having a fluoropolymer liner
bonded to an exposed surface of the bonding layer.
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