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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RAYMOND SCHUURMAN
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Appeal No. 2002-0021
Application No. 09/417,439
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1
through 7, all of the claims pending in this application.
Appellant’s invention relates to an electromagnetically controlled seat valve
(claim 1) and to an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle including such a valve
(claim 7). As noted in the paragraph bridging pages 5 and 6 of the specification
“[a] particular advantage obtained by using the seat valve of
the present invention as described so far is that the ratio
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