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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TSI-ZONG TZOU and JOAN V. BRENNAN
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Appeal No. 2007-1111
Application No. 10/126,804
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ON BRIEF
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Before ADAMS, GREEN and LINCK, 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 1-9, 13-17, 19-23 and 27-30, which are all the
claims pending in the application.
Claims 1 and 13 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
1. A packaged article comprising:
a quantity of photocurable material; and
a container at least partially surrounding the photocurable material,
the container including a body that is shaped by a molding or
thermoforming operation to present a chamber, the body comprising a
polymer and metallic particles, wherein the particles are metal flakes
and sufficiently dispersed in the polymer to form a container that is
substantially opaque to the transmission of light in the range of about
400 nanometers to about 600 nanometers.
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