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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MAY TOM-MOY, THOMAS P. DOHERTY,
RICHARD L. BAER, and DARLENE J. SPIRA-SOLOMON
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Appeal No. 2001-2521
Application No. 08/738,464
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1-14, all of the claims in the application. Claim 1 is
representative and reads as follows:
1. A method for determining the presence or quantity of a preselected
analyte in a flowing liquid stream which contains or is suspected of containing the
analyte, which method comprises:
(a) continuously contacting the flowing liquid stream with an on-line
system which comprises:
(i) a piezoelectric surface wave sample device comprising a
receptor layer attached to the surface thereof wherein the receptor layer consists
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