Ex Parte Classen et alDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardNov 4, 201613055486 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 4, 2016) Copy Citation UNITED STA TES p A TENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE 13/055,486 01124/2011 46726 7590 11/08/2016 BSH Home Appliances Corporation 100 Bosch Boulevard NEW BERN, NC 28562 FIRST NAMED INVENTOR Egbert Classen 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. 2009P01681WOUS 5876 EXAMINER OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER 1711 NOTIFICATION DATE DELIVERY MODE 11/08/2016 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): MBX-NBN-IntelProp@bshg.com PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07) UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD Ex parte EGBERT CLASSEN, HELMUT JERG, and KAI PAINTNER 1 Appeal2015-005833 Application 13/055,486 Technology Center 1700 Before CATHERINE Q. TIMM, ELIZABETH M. ROESEL, and CHRISTOPHER L. OGDEN, Administrative Patent Judges. OGDEN, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134(a) from the Examiner's final decision2 rejecting claims 15, 16, and 18-29 in the above-identified application. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b ). We AFFIRM. 1 According to Appellants, the real party in interest is BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH. Appeal Br. 3, Nov. 21, 2014. 2 Office Action, Aug. 14, 2014 [hereinafter Final Action]. Appeal2015-005833 Application 13/055,486 BACKGROUND Appellants' claimed invention relates to a dishwasher with a sorption drying system. See Spec. i-f 1. One embodiment is depicted in Figure 3, which is reproduced below: i/ .. &(R !'~· "· "'•·, '·-~-., . .__ .. ,~.,., ·~_,,,.~·•·----· ~"'""·~·-•·~w< -··· ·"''"'""''"' ••·•.-.,,.,. ! J I ~ • AB KRA'I ! Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
