Ex Parte Duren 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               written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ALBERT PHILIP VAN DUREN, ALLEN HAMID ZIAIMEHR,                
           JOHN PAUL ROCK, SCOTT DOUGLAS AUGUSTINE, GARY RABINDRANATH and             
                               RANDALL CHARLES ARNOLD                                 
                                    ____________                                      
                                Appeal No. 2006-1824                                  
                             Application No. 10/131,068                               
                               Technology Center 3700                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, CRAWFORD and LEVY, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               The appellants appeal from a rejection of claims 1-3, 7-15,            
          19-24, 28-30, 34-42 and 46-51.  Claims 4-6, 16-18, 31-33 and 43-            
          45 stand objected to as dependent from a rejected claim but                 
          allowable if rewritten in independent form.  Claims 25-27 and 52-           
          54 have been canceled.                                                      
               1. A convective system for controlling the temperature of a            
          person, comprising:                                                         
               a blower;                                                              
               an air hose with a first end receivable in the blower and a            
          second end;                                                                 
               a convective device with an inlet port to receive                      
          pressurized air from the second end; and                                    



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