The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID EDWIN BUDINGER, BRENT ROSS THOLKE,
MATTHEW NICKLUS MILLER, WARREN DAVIS GROSSKLAUS, JR.,
JOSHUA LEIGH MILLER, and MELVIN ROBERT JACKSON
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Appeal 2007-0882
Application 10/702,987
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: June 27, 2007
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Before PETER F. KRATZ, CATHERINE Q. TIMM, and
LINDA M. GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.
GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-19
and 21, the only claims pending in this application. We have jurisdiction
over the appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2006).
Appellant’s invention relates to a process for repairing a nickel-base
superalloy article, such as a gas turbine stationary flowpath shroud.
Independent claim 1 is illustrative of the invention:
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