Ex Parte 5832461 et al - Page 1



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                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                     
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                        
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                               
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                               Ex parte TRANS TEXAS HOLDINGS CORP.1                                     
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                                         Appeal No. 2005-2642                                           
                                  Reexamination Control No. 90/005,841                                  
                                           Patent 5,832,4612                                            
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                                       HEARD: January 24, 2006                                          
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            Before MARTIN, BLANKENSHIP, and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent Judges.                    
            MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        


                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                              




                                                                                                       
                  1  Trans Texas Holdings Corp. is the owner of the patent under reexamination.         
            The inventors named in the patent are Tomás Leon and Lewis J. Spellman.                     
                  2  The ‘461 patent issued based on Application 07/780,834, filed October 23,          
            1991, which purports to be a continuation of 07/187,054, filed April 27, 1988               
            (abandoned), which is identified as a continuation of 06/770,493, filed August 27, 1985     
            (now Patent 4,742,457).                                                                     






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