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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GREGORY K. RASMUSSEN, JINPING ZHANG,
FENGLIAN CHANG and TERRY J. GOLD
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Appeal No. 2004-1032
Application No. 09/835,510
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-6, 12 and 13, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a thin film shape memory
alloy of a specified composition. According to appellants, their
alloy possesses “reduced hysteresis, faster actuation times, and
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