Ex Parte Ketchum - Page 1




                                 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                                          for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                             
                                                             ____________                                                                 
                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                               
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                 
                                                             ____________                                                                 
                                                    Ex parte GARY T. KETCHUM                                                              
                                                             ____________                                                                 
                                                         Appeal No. 2005-0015                                                             
                                                      Application No. 09/788,274                                                          
                                                             ____________                                                                 
                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                  
                                                             ____________                                                                 
                Before FRANKFORT, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                            
                BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                
                        This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-4,                                   
                which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                  
                        We AFFIRM.                                                                                                        
                                                           BACKGROUND                                                                     
                        The appellant's invention relates to a detector responsive to leakage of liquid                                   
                from the urethra in urological investigations of the female bladder and urethra                                           
                (specification, page 1).  Appellant’s specification discloses two embodiments of the                                      






Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007