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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WOLFGANG REIN, DAVID ROTH, JONATHAN DOUGLAS
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Appeal No. 2006-1275
Application No. 10/691,954
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ON BRIEF
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Before CRAWFORD, BAHR, and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 and 10
to 17. Claims 2 to 9 are objected to and claims 18 and 19 have been cancelled.
The appellants’ invention relates to a piston having a patterned coating applied to
the piston skirt for directional lubrication flow and/or lubrication retention as well as a
method of applying the coating to the piston (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
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