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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
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 W. BIRCH, ANDRE MICKE,
SHUEN-CHENG HWANG, LESLI B. COSEY,
CARL W. SCHMIDT, DOWNERS GROVE,
ROBERT F. PHILLIPS and
D. BRUCE WILSON
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Appeal No. 2000-1300
Application No. 08/853,581
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ON BRIEF
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Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and
FRANKFORT and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1, 4, 7 through 14 and 17 through 19 as amended
subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed on July 30,
1999 (Paper No. 10). Claims 1, 4, 7 through 14 and 17 through
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