UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________________ Ex parte JAMES J. TURK Appeal No. 2006-2083 Patent No. 5,983,207 (Reexamination Control Number 90/006,352) __________ HEARD August 7, 2006 Decided: 29 December 2006 ___________ Before BARRETT, LEE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. ' 134 and ' 306 from the examiner=s final rejection of the patentee=s claims 1-11. References relied on by the examiner Ohta et al. (“Ohta”) 4,977,595 December 11, 1990 Storch et al. (“Storch”) 5,448,110 September 5, 1995 United States Silver Certificate (“silver certificate”) 1923 The rejections on appeal Claims 1-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as being unpatentable over the silver certificate and Ohta. Claims 6-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the silver certificate and Ohta and Storch.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007