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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
__________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
__________
Ex parte HOA LA WILHELM, DAVE ALLEN SOERENS,
LEE DELSON WILHELM, and JAMES HONGXUE WANG
__________
Appeal No. 2007-0188
Application No. 10/683,789
__________
ON BRIEF
__________
Before ADAMS, MILLS and LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 3-26 and 28, which are all the claims
pending in the application.
Claim 10 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced
below:
10. A wearable article equipped with a multi-level alert system for
detecting two or more levels of a mammalian substance in a
mammalian extract, the wearable article comprising:
a substrate;
a target area on the substrate including first and second sub-areas
for receiving the mammalian extract; and
a chemical detection system on the target area which initiates a first
signal in response to a first level of the mammalian substance in the
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: September 9, 2013