Ex parte MULLET - Page 1




                 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                 not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                                                                            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. 17                                      
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                     Ex parte WILLIS J. MULLET                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 2001-2126                                                                          
                                                        Application 09/141,069                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN,                                                                          
                 and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                             
                 MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Willis J. Mullet originally took this appeal from the                                                                         
                 final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8, 10, 11 and 14                                                                                
                 through 22.   Upon reconsideration, the examiner has since1                                                                                                                  
                 withdrawn the rejection of claim 10 which now stands objected                                                                          
                 to as depending from a rejected base claim.  Thus, the appeal                                                                          
                 as to claim 10 is hereby dismissed, leaving for review the                                                                             


                          1Claims 1, 2 and 10 have been amended subsequent to final                                                                     
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             
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