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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NOEL ROLON, WILLIAM PAGELS,
and RICHARD EGAN
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Appeal No. 1997-0881
Application No. 08/367,508
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBINSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-5 and 8-10, all of the claims pending in the case.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A method of making more than one punchout from a single dried blood spot,
the method comprising the steps of:
making a first punchout in said dried blood spot, said first punchout having first
boundaries; and
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