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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 MICHAEL HANNINGTON
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Appeal No. 2005-0214
Application 09/742,653
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRATZ, DELMENDO and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 31-33, 35-40, 42, 43, and
46-77. A copy of claims 31, 59, and 60 are appended to this
decision.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Unitika Limited (Great Britain) 1,511,060 May 17, 1978
Torobin 4,582,534 Apr. 15, 1986
Calhoun et al. (Calhoun ‘790) 5,141,790 Aug. 25, 1992
Plamthottam et al. (Plamthottam) 5,180,635 Jan. 19, 1993
Calhoun et al. (Calhoun ‘178) 5,585,178 Dec. 17, 1996
Rusincovitch et al. (Rusincovitch) 5,676,787 Oct. 14, 1997
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