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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BLAIR D. WALKER and WAYNE ARTHUR NODA
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Appeal No. 2005-2054
Application No. 10/425,137
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 5-7,
13 and 14.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a system for
effecting heat exchange with a patient. With reference to the
appellants’ drawing filed July 9, 20041, the system 10 comprises
1We do not find in the application record any indication that the
examiner has acknowledged receipt of, much less approved of, this July
9, 2004 drawing. See the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
§ 608.02(h)(Revision 2, May 2004). Nevertheless, in describing the
appellants’ claimed invention, we refer to this drawing because,
unlike the originally filed drawing, the numerals in figure 2 are
consistent with the numerals in the specification.
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