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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRUCE A. TASSONE
and WAYNE A. TASSONE
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Appeal No. 2003-0618
Application No. 09/351,218
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ON BRIEF
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Before STAAB, MCQUADE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Bruce A. Tassone et al. appeal from the final rejection
(Paper No. 22) of claims 15, 16 and 25 through 31, all of the
claims pending in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a system for providing both power
augmentation and evaporative cooling in gas turbines”
(specification, page 1). Representative claims 25 and 28 read as
follows:
25. In a gas turbine having a multistage compressor
compressing a flow of air, the compressor having an inlet, the
flow of air being directed to the compressor inlet by a duct, a
method of increasing power output from the gas turbine by both
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