The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL MARIE VANDEVOORDE,
ANTONIUS H. G. VAN ENGELEN
and ANN ALFRED J. LEMAIRE
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Appeal No. 2004-2275
Application No. 09/444,968
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, DELMENDO and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 to 5 and 12.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.2
1 According to the Appellants, Brief page 2, claims 7 to 11 and 13 to 17
have been withdrawn from consideration as directed to a non elected
invention. The subject matter of claim 6 has been allowed.
2 In rendering this decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments
presented in the Brief filed March 17, 2003 and the Reply Brief filed July 26, 2004.
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