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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RONALD L. PANTER and THOMAS A. HEROLD
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Appeal 2007-0174
Application 09/780,303
Technology Center 1754
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Decided: December 15, 2006
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Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, CHUNG K. PAK, and
THOMAS A. WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9-17 and 20-27.
Claims 1-8, 18, and 19 have been allowed by the Examiner, and claims
28-38 stand withdrawn from consideration. Claim 9 is illustrative:
9. A method for making carbon fibers, the method including the steps of:
providing an elongated precursor fiber;
providing a plurality of furnaces disposed adjacent one another
in a serial side-by-side relationship and configured to heat the fiber to
different respective temperatures as the fiber is drawn through the furnaces;
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