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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROGERIO TADEU RAMOS, BERNARD ELIE THERON, ANDREW J.
REISCHER, WILLIAM F. MURPHY, IAN DAVID BRYANT and DAVID J. WILKINSON
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Appeal No. 2003-0331
Application No. 09/106,608
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HEARD: JUNE 10, 2003
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-30,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We REVERSE
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to the separation of oil well fluid mixtures and,
in particular, the down-hole separation of the multi-phase oil/gas/water mixtures
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