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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ANKA TRAJKOVSKA-PETKOSKA, STEPHEN D. JACOBS,
TANYA Z. KOSC, and KENNETH L. MARSHALL
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Appeal 2006-2777
Application 10/383,603
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: September 20, 2006
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the Primary Examiner’s Final Rejection
of claims 1 through 4, 7, 9, 11, and 13 through 25. Claims 5, 6, 8, 12 and 26 are
the only other claims pending in this application and stand allowed by the
examiner (Br. 1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to Appellants, the invention is directed to a method for making
precisely configured flakes, where the flakes are made by heating liquid crystal
material in a flexible replica mold, with the flakes being released from the replica
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