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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM C. BAMFORD,
BLAINE C. WOTRING and GREGORY T. WYLER
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Appeal No. 2004-0929
Application No. 09/386,103
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, OWENS and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-29,
which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a heat sink assembly comprising a heat
conductive rod within an inner segmented cylinder defined by
troughs of a thermally conductive sheet which has been folded
into a generally cylindrical configuration having alternating
ridges and troughs. Claim 1 is illustrative:
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