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                          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                          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                     Ex parte PAMELA IRENE LABUHN, WILLIAM JOSEPH GHUNDRLIK, JR.,                                                                       
                                                        and SCOTT ANTHONY RUSH                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1999-2764                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/863,228                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to                                                                     
                 4 and 9 to 11.  The other claims remaining in the application,                                                                         
                 6 to 8 and 12 to 14, have been indicated as allowable.1                                                                                
                          The claims on appeal are drawn to a method of managing                                                                        
                 deceleration of a succeeding vehicle having an adaptive cruise                                                                         

                          1See the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer, p. 3 (Paper                                                                          
                 No. 16, Feb. 2, 2000).                                                                                                                 





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