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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ERIC KAMMERER, MATTHIAS WEHKE and CELINE GUILLERME
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Appeal No. 2006-0711
Application No. 10/407,020
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1 through 5, which are the only claims
pending in this application.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to
35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
sealing ring for sealing a shaft relative to an interior space,
1Claims 6 through 26 have been cancelled in an amendment filed with the Brief, dated
Apr. 7, 2005, which was entered by the examiner (Answer, page 2, ¶(4)).
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