Ex Parte Alves - 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          and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte GOLDINO SOUSA ALVES                              
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                                Appeal No. 2005-0768                                  
                             Application No. 10/010,203                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.           
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Goldino Sousa Alves appeals from the final rejection of                
          claims 2 and 10 through 14, all of the claims pending in the                
          application.1                                                               
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The invention relates to “an elevator system having one or             
          more periodically layered vibration isolators for reducing noise            
          and isolating vibrations” (specification, page 1).                          


               1 Claim 14 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.             




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