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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
_____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
_____________
Ex parte RICHARD D. PUCKETT and DAVID J. RAINBOW
_____________
Appeal No. 2001-2441
Application No. 09/067,923
______________
ON BRIEF
_______________
Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 12, 14
and 16-18. Claim 15, which is the only other claim remaining in
the application, stands withdrawn from consideration by the
examiner as being directed toward a nonelected invention.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a thermal transfer ribbon having a
specified thermal transfer layer which, if transferred to a
1
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007