Ex parte YEAROUS et al. - Page 1




              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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 JEFFREY BLAINE YEAROUS and PHILIPPE BESNARD                                           
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                                                Appeal No. 2001-0557                                                    
                                                Application 09/376,548                                                  
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                          
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              Before COHEN, ABRAMS , and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
              ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                      



                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                     This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-12, 14-               
              18 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                       


                     We AFFIRM-IN-PART.                                                                                 



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