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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ARMANDO ALVITE and LEONARD I. HOREY
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Appeal No. 2005-1331
Application No. 10/215,414
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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 3, 6 through 12, 14, 16 through 22 and 24. Claim 13 stands allowed. Claim 23,
the only other claim remaining in the application, has been objected to as being
dependent upon a rejected base claim, but is indicated to be allowable if rewritten in
independent form. Claims 4, 5 and 15 have been cancelled.
Appellants’ invention relates to electric heating fabrics such as warming blankets.
As noted on page 4 of the specification, the invention provides a warming fabric that
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