Ex Parte Galligan 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                        for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                               
                                           ____________                                               
                                 Ex parte MICHAEL P. GALLIGAN,                                        
                                      ALBERT K. BOND AND                                              
                                       JOSEPH C. DETTLING                                             
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                                          Appeal 2007-1018                                            
                                      Application 10/376,782                                          
                                      Technology Center 1700                                          
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                                       Decided: May 21, 2007                                          
                                           ____________                                               
               Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, CATHERINE Q. TIMM, and LINDA M.                               
               GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
               KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                   


                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                              
                     This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 27-29 and 31-37.            
               Claim 27 is illustrative:                                                              
                     27.  An exhaust treatment apparatus comprising:                                  
                     a catalyzed open substrate having a substrate surface, and the                   
               substrate selected from the group consisting of at least one of a honeycomb            




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