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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LARRY G. CULVER
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Appeal No. 2000-1667
Application No. 09/071,305
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, CRAWFORD and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 18 through 20, 25 through 27 and 29.
Claims 32 through 37 and 39 are allowed. Claims 21 through 24
are objected to as being dependent on a rejected base claim.
The examiner has indicated that claim 28 would be allowable if
rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations
of the base claim and any intervening claims. Claims 1
through 17, 30, 31 and 38 have been canceled.
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