The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ZHENAN BAO and ROBERT W. FILAS
Appeal No. 2005-1257
Application No. 10/179,570
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, PAK and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-20.
Claims 1 and 20 are illustrative:
1. A method of producing a nanofeature on a substrate,
comprising:
soaking a portion of a stamp having a nanopattern thereon in
an ink solution to absorb said ink solution into said stamp and
produce an inked surface on said nanopattern; and
applying said inked surface against a substrate to transfer
an ink pattern onto said substrate, said ink solution within said
inked stamp replenishing said surface of said nanopattern.
20. A method of decontaminating a stamp having a nanopattern
thereon, comprising:
-1-
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