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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 PATRICK CACERES and FRANK CACERES
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Appeal No. 2005-2540
Application No. 10/026,629
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s rejection
of claims 1-5, 7-18 and 20-25, all the pending claims in
appellants’ application.1
The appealed claims relate to an article which has the
capability of cooling an object by desorption and evaporation of
water from a water-swollen gel enclosed within a bag having
1We note that the rejection appealed from was not designated
by the examiner as being final. Nevertheless, appellants’ claims
having been at least “twice rejected,” we have authority to
consider the appeal in this case under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a).
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