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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
____________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
____________
Ex parte CARLOS PEDRIDO and BERNARD LEUENBERGER
____________
Appeal No. 2005-0584
Application No. 09/745,414
____________
HEARD: March 09, 2005
____________
Before OWENS, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claim 10. Claims 1-9 and 11-15, which are all of
the other claims pending in this application, have been indicated
as being allowable by the examiner.
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to an inlet arrangement for
inserting a preform into a fiber drawing furnace. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
appealed claim 10, which is reproduced below.
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007