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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN EDWARD COOK and MURRAY FRANCIS BUSATO
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Appeal No. 2002-0797
Application No. 08/900,977
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-5, 7-22 and 24-35. Claims 6 and 23, the
only other claims currently pending in the application, have been
withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as not
being readable on the elected species.
Appellants’ invention pertains to an electrically operated
fluid flow control valve and a pressure regulator for use in
automotive vehicle evaporative emission control systems for the
controlled purging of a fuel vapor collection canister to the
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