The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 E. McGOWAN, JR.
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Appeal No. 2006-1610
Application No. 09/826,420
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HEARD: June 6, 2006
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Before KIMLIN, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and FRANKLIN, Administrative
Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-36.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A medical article sterilization device comprising:
a pretreatment area for medical articles, the pretreatment
area having a heat source to heat the medical articles;
a device to form a housing in a first web;
an article loading station where a medical article heated
in the pretreatment area is loaded into the housing in the first
web;
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