Ex Parte Dam et al - Page 1





                         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                                    is not binding precedent of the Board                                      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 WILLEM VAN DAM,                                                
                            MICHAEL T. MENASCO, JAMES J. HARRISON,                                             
                                           and MARK R. LOGAN                                                   
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                                             Appeal 2007-4193                                                  
                                           Application 10/367,432                                              
                                          Technology Center 1700                                               
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                                        Decided: September 25, 2007                                            
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                Before EDWARD C. KIMLIN, CHARLES F. WARREN, and                                                
                CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                               
                WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                           

                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                      Applicants appeal to the Board from the decision of the Primary                          
                Examiner refusing to allow claims 1 through 11 as amended subsequent to                        
                the Office Action mailed October 26, 2005.  35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a)                          
                (2002); 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(a) (2006).                                                           
                      We affirm the decision of the Primary Examiner.                                          





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