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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRANZ-JOSEF CARDUCK, THEO FLECKENSTEIN, GERD GOEBEL
and ROLAND HOURTICOLON
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Appeal No. 2006-0219
Application No. 09/855,002
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-14
and 16-30. Claims 1 and 18 are illustrative:
1. A liquid distributor, said distributor being in
the form of a channel distributor comprising a drainage
outlet in the form of a drainage pipe having a cross-
section, at the upper end of the drainage pipe, which tapers
downward in the shape of a nozzle, wherein the inner wall of
the nozzle is comprised of a material resistant to the
adherence of solids which would block the flow of liquid
through the outlet.
18. A liquid distributor having a tapering drainage
pipe in the shape of a nozzle.
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