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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 MICHAEL LARSON
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Appeal No. 2006-0435
Application No. 10/028,173
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ON BRIEF
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Before CAROFF, OWENS, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-5. Claims 6-17, the other pending claims
in appellant’s application, stand withdrawn from consideration by
virtue of the imposition of a restriction requirement by the
examiner. Accordingly, only claims 1-5 are before us on appeal.
The appealed claims relate to a method of making a gas
diffusion layer (GDL) for an electrochemical cell which includes
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