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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CLINT E. MICKEY
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Appeal No. 2006-1576
Application No. 10/223,170
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HEARD: JUNE 8, 2006
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Before FRANKFORT, BAHR and NAPPI, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 4, 7, 10 through 12, 16 and 21.
Claims 5, 6, 8, 9, 13 through 15, 17 through 20 and 22, all of the
other claims remaining in the application, stand allowed.
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellant’s invention
relates to downhole expansion sealing devices, such as packers or
bridge plugs, that use sealing elements that are compressed, and
more particularly to features that close leak paths created
peripherally on the compressed sealing element. It is an important
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