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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board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 JAMES T. CONNORS,
JOHN D. MILLER, JOSEPH A. PERI,
STEPHEN J.A. MAYBEE
and RICHARD C. STOYELL, JR.
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Appeal No. 2005-1943
Application 09/091,508
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, TIMM, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 and 14-19. Claim 1 is representative
of the subject matter on appeal, and is set forth below:
1. A separation element for separating one or more
components from a fluid flowing through the separation element,
the separation element comprising:
(a) two or more hollow pleated pack sections, each pack
section having a plurality of pleats, wherein the plurality of
pleats include roots, crowns, legs extending between the roots
and the crowns, an inner periphery at the roots defining an
upstream side, and an outer periphery at the crowns defining a
downstream side and wherein each pleat has a height h greater
than (D-d)/2 where D is the outer diameter at the outer periphery
of the plurality of pleats and d is the inner diameter at the
inner periphery of the plurality of pleats, a retainer disposed
around the pleats, first and second ends, and a porous medium
comprising a polymeric material or a glass fiber material;
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