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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARK ALLAIN and JOSEPH ALLAIN, JR.
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Appeal No. 2001-0314
Application No. 09/102,677
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Mark Allain et al. originally took this appeal from the
final rejection of claims 3 through 10, 15 and 16. As the 1
examiner has since withdrawn the rejection of claim 4, which
now stands objected to as depending from a rejected claim, the
appeal as to claim 4 is hereby dismissed, leaving for review
the standing rejections of claims 3, 5 through 10, 15 and 16.
1Claim 15 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.
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