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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JEAN-LOUIS MONNERIE and PASCAL DEBYSER
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Appeal No. 2005-2556
Application No. 10/142,512
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, KRATZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKLIN, 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 1-12. A copy of
independent claims 1 and 9 is set forth in the attached
appendix.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Thornton et al. (Thornton) 4,557,968 Dec. 10, 1985
Gilbert De Cauwer et al. (De Cauwer) 5,643,524 Jul. 1, 1997
Yamada et al. (Yamada)1 10-60736 Mar. 3, 1998
(published Japanese Kokai Patent Application)
1The record shows that both a non-idiomatic English translation by
computer and an idiomatic English translation by McElroy Translation
Company has been provided for Japanese patent 10-60736. We use the
English translation by McElroy Translation Company.
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