THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written
for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 35
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID A. COWAN
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Appeal No. 96-4044
Application 08/396,2531
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ON BRIEF
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Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and COHEN
and MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judges.
McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 34 through 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103. No2
other claims are pending in the application.
1 Application for patent filed February 28, 1995. According to appellant,
the application is a continuation of Application 07/674,097, filed March 25,
1991, now abandoned.
2 An appeal in appellant’s parent application identified in footnote 1
supra, resulted in an affirmance of the examiner’s rejection of claims 28 through
33 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (see Appeal No. 95-0172). These claims have been
canceled in favor of prosecuting the claims now pending in the application.
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