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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM D. RHODEN
and RAJEEV JAYAVANT
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Appeal No. 1999-0466
Application 08/530,617
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LALL, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-17, which
constitute all the claims in the application. In response to
appellants’ brief on appeal, the examiner has indicated that
claims 3-17 are allowable over the prior art of record
[answer, page 2]. Therefore, this appeal is now directed to
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