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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 GUNTHER KNEBEL,
LAJOS NYARSIK,
HOLGER FRIEDRICH HEINRICH EICKHOFF,
and HANS LEHRACH
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Appeal No. 2005-0510
Application No. 09/883,435
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ON BRIEF
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DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 6 through 10, 12 through 24,
27 through 36, 38, 53 and 54, which are the only claims pending in
this application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
§ 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
reaction vessel to produce crystals from a substance in liquid form
or in solution, where the vessel comprises at least one housing
part having several walled reaction chambers, each forming a
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