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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
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 M. DUNHAM,
JOHN SCOTT PRICE, and
STEPHEN W. GRAVELLE
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Appeal No. 2004-0643
Application No. 09/682,211
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4,
5, 8-11, 13-15 and 18-23, which are all of the claims pending in
the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a device and a method for delivering
radiation through a capillary tube system directly to tissue
which is within a patient and has a malignant pathology.
Claim 1, directed toward the method, is illustrative:
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