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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ALEXANDER LIFSON
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Appeal No. 2001-1484
Application 09/092,368
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, PATE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 7, 11 and 12. Claims 8 through 10 and 13 through 15
stand objected to but otherwise contain allowable subject matter.
These are all the claims in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to an improvement in the
compressor art in which a compressor is rotated in reverse for a
limited time after start-up.
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