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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte MICHAEL LEE BROWN,
NINEV KARL ZIA and SHAILESH SHARAD MANOHAR
Appeal No. 2004-0616
Application 09/692,982
ON BRIEF
Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 4 through 6, 8 through 11, 14 through 16
and 18 through 20, which are all of the claims remaining in this
application. Claims 2, 3, 7, 12, 13 and 17 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention relates to an improved furnace heat
exchanger of the multipass clamshell type constructed in such a
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