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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MARC SEGHATOL
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Appeal No. 2005-0966
Application No. 09/897,317
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1
through 6, 13, 14 and 16, all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 7
through 12, 15 and 17 through 28 have been cancelled.
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellant’s invention relates to a hand-
held microwave system for intra-oral dentistry that utilizes microwave energy to cure
polymer materials intra-orally to produce dental composites having improved physical
characteristics, and also utilizes microwave energy to detect the presence of and to
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