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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GLENN VAN LANGENHOVE and
LEONIDAS DIAMANTOPOULOS
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Appeal No. 2006-3202
Application No. 10/323,592
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, LINCK, and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal involves claims to methods of diagnosing the presence of inflamed
atherosclerotic plaques by detecting elevated temperatures within the vessel lumen.
The Examiner has rejected the claims as obvious. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.
§ 134. We affirm-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand to the Examiner.
Background
Plaque can develop in the blood vessels of the cardiovascular system.
Specification, page 1, line 17. When plaque becomes inflamed and instable, it can
rupture, causing “the patient to experience a myocardial infarction, thrombosis or other
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