The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte LUCIEN ALFRED COUVILLON JR and MICHAEL S. BANIK ____________ Appeal 2007-3154 Application 10/262,817 Technology Center 3700 ____________ Decided: September 5, 2007 ____________ Before ERIC GRIMES, LORA M. GREEN, and RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ, Administrative Patent Judges. GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-25 and 32.1 We have jurisdiction 1 The Examiner withdrew the rejection of claims 26-31 over the prior art, stating that the claims were patentable over the prior art of record (Answer 3). We note, in addition, that claims 20 and 23 do not appear to be subject to any rejection.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
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