11650280 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 11, 2012)

Ex Parte Lee

Board of Patent Appeals and InterferencesSep 11, 2012

11650280 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 11, 2012)

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARKOFFICE 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 APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO. 11/650,280 01/05/2007 Jin Po Lee BWS 06-12 8521 46725 7590 09/12/2012 BERND W. SANDT 900 DEERFIELD COURT MIDLAND, MI 48640 EXAMINER ALEXANDER, LYLE ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER 1773 MAIL DATE DELIVERY MODE 09/12/2012 PAPER 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. PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07) UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ Ex parte JIN PO LIN ________________ Appeal 2011-003339 Application 11/650,280 Technology Center 1700 ________________ Before BRADLEY R. GARRIS, TERRY J. OWENS, and KAREN M. HASTINGS, Administrative Patent Judges. OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING Appeal 2011-003339 Application 11/650,280 2 The Appellant requests rehearing of our decision to affirm the obviousness-type double patenting rejection of claims 9-17 over claims 1-19 of Lee â€˜769 in view of Klimov (Request 1). The Appellant requests that we reconsider our decision in view of a newly-submitted terminal disclaimer (filed August 20, 2012) (Request 1).1 The Appellant, however, does not show error in our decision. Accordingly, the request for hearing is denied. DENIED cam 1 See Manual of Patent Examining Procedure Â§ 1490 IV (8th ed., rev. 7, July 2008) for the processing procedure for a terminal disclaimer filed in an application pending in a Technology Center.