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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRIAN K. FULLER, ALAA A. ELMOURSI
and KENNETH M. RAHMOELLER
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Appeal No. 2006-1678
Application No. 10/677,869
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4,
6-8, 10-12, and 14-16. The examiner has indicated that claims 5
and 13 would be allowable if rewritten in independent form (see
page 2 of Answer, last paragraph). Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for repairing a defect in a kinetically
sprayed surface comprising the steps of providing a kinetically
sprayed surface having a defect in the surface, said defect
caused by said kinetic spraying, applying a repair coating to
the defect by thermally spraying a molten material on the defect
by a thermal spray process selected from the group consisting of
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