The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding
precedent of the Board.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 ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Appeal 2007-2359
Reexamination 90/006,9511
Patent 6,440,3592
Technology Center 3900
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Decided: August 31, 2007
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Before TEDDY S. GRON, CAROL A. SPIEGEL, and MARK NAGUMO,
Administrative Patent Judges.
NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judge.
1 Request for reexamination filed 24 February 2004. Citations to the
Specification are to the 359 patent as issued.
2 The national stage of PCT/GB98/00849 was entered on 22 September
1999, under 35 U.S.C. § 371; the PCT parent application was filed 20 March
1998, claiming the benefit of EPO 97-301,911, filed 21 March 1997. The
named inventors are Nicholas Charles Parson, Jeffrey David Hankin, and
Kevin Paul Hicklin. The real party-in-interest is listed as Alcan
International Ltd., of Canada (Brief filed 16 August 2006 ("Br."), at 2.)
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