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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARIA DOLORES MARTINEZ-SERNA VILLAGRAN,
JOAN CAROL WOOTEN, JIANJUN LI,
DONALD RAY PATTON and EILEEN MARIE BOYLE
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Appeal No. 2004-2164
Application 09/553,894
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, including
the opposing views of the examiner in the answer and appellants in the brief, and based on our
review, find that we cannot sustain the grounds of rejection advanced on appeal: appealed
claims 1 through 5 and 7 through 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Villagran et al. (Villagran); appealed claims 6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Villagran in view of Gisaw et al. (Gisaw); and appealed claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph,
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