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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KATHERINE L. MAYER, BRUCE W. LAVASH and
JOHN L. HAMMONS
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Appeal No. 2000-1728
Application No. 08/785,128
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 10, 11
and 13-18.1
We AFFIRM-IN-PART AND ENTER A NEW REJECTION UNDER
37 CFR 1.196(b).
1Claim 15 has been indicated by the examiner as being allowable if recast in
independent form.
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