The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today was not written for publication
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
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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 MIGUEL A. GUERRA
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Appeal No. 2006-1161
Application No. 10/322,254
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ON BRIEF
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Before MILLS, GREEN and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
LINCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of
claims 1-19, all of the pending claims in Application No. 10/322,254 (hereafter the “ ‘254
application”),1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
There are two independent claims in the ‘254 application, claims 1 and 11. They
are representative and read as follows:
1 The present application was filed on December 17, 2002 and is assigned to the 3M Company.
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