Ex Parte Tefft et al - Page 1



                     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                      written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEPHEN WAYNE TEFFT,                                              
                       PAUL CHARLES MADIX, JAMES ROBERT REINHARDT,                                            
                                        and TAG ALLEN KOENIG                                                  
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                                             Appeal 2007-0074                                                 
                                           Application 10/758,381                                             
                                          Technology Center 1700                                              
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                                        Decided:  December 5, 2006                                            
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                Before KIMLIN, WALTZ, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent                             
                Judges.                                                                                       
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                          

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 12-25.  Claim 12 is                
                illustrative:                                                                                 
                12.     A method for forming a deposit on a deposition substrate,                             
                comprising the steps of                                                                       
                      providing a deposition gun that burns a mixture of a fuel and an                        
                oxidizer to form a deposition gas flow, mixes a powder into the deposition                    
                                                                                                             




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