Ex Parte DEYRAIL et alDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardMay 8, 201814477043 (P.T.A.B. May. 8, 2018) Copy Citation UNITED STA TES p A TENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE 14/477,043 09/04/2014 21839 7590 05/10/2018 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC POST OFFICE BOX 1404 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22313-1404 FIRST NAMED INVENTOR Yves DEYRAIL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 www .uspto.gov ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 0078840-000132 2279 EXAMINER BUTCHER, ROBERT T ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER 1768 NOTIFICATION DATE DELIVERY MODE 05/10/2018 ELECTRONIC Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding. The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication. Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the following e-mail address( es): ADIPDOC 1@BIPC.com PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07) UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD Ex parte YVES DEYRAIL, THIBAUT MONTANARI, ZHEN ZHONG LI, and SYLVAIN BENET Appeal 2016-007968 Application 14/477,043 Technology Center 1700 Before BEYERL YA. FRANKLIN, KAREN M. HASTINGS, and MERRELL C. CASHION, JR., Administrative Patent Judges. CASHION, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL STATEMENT OF THE CASE This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from a final rejection of claims 1-22. An oral hearing was held on May 2, 2018. 1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(a). We AFFIRM. 1 A written transcript of the oral hearing will be entered into the record when the transcript is made available. Appeal2016-007968 Application 14/477,043 Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below: 1. A tube connector part made from a polyamide composition, the polyamide composition comprising at least one first polyamide A having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom CA and at least one second polyamide B having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom CB, wherein CA:S8.5 and CB2:7.5, and wherein CACopy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation