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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte A. P. SHEPHERD
and
JOHN M. STEINKE
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Appeal No. 1997-3073
Application No. 07/953,680
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HEARD: DECEMBER 7, 2000
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Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative
Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
BACKGROUND
The present application is a continuation-in-part (C-I-P)
of Application No. 07/313,911. In a decision rendered in the
07/313,911 application, the Board affirmed the obviousness
rejection of claims 1 through 12 that were directed to a
method
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