The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RALPH CARLSEN, MARC P. KAPLAN
and JOHN S. ROBERTSON
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Appeal No. 1997-0402
Application 07/843,685
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HEARD: AUGUST 17, 2000
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Before BARRETT, HECKER and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
HECKER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final
rejection of claims 1 through 22. The Examiner’s Answer,
paper no. 34, withdrew all outstanding grounds of rejection
and stated new grounds of rejection for claims 1 through 6, 8
through 15 and 18 through 22. The Examiner indicated that
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