Ex Parte FOSTER et al - Page 1



              The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was          
              not written for publication and is not 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 DENNIS FOSTER,                                
                                   LARRY M. MCHUGH                                    
                            and HEINRICH ANDREAS MOEBIUS                              
                                                                                     
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                                Appeal No. 2005-1099                                  
                             Application No. 09/334,974                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PAK, OWENS, 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 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-36, and                  
          65-67.  Claims 1, 7, 10, 26, 65, and 66 are representative of               
          the subject matter on appeal and are set forth below:                       
                    1. A process of depositing a multi layer coating                  
               on at least a portion of an article surface                            
               comprising:                                                            





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