The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte JIM D. REEVES, BHUPENDRA K. GUPTA, and NRIPENDRA N. DAS ____________ Appeal No. 2002-0669 Application No. 09/527,270 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before KIMLIN, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges. LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner refusing to allow claim 15 and claims 8 through 14 as amended subsequent to the final rejection, which are all the claims pending in this application. THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a process for forming a thermal barrier on a superalloy.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007