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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL E. MAYRAND
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Appeal No. 1999-1266
Application No. 08/859,4721
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HEARD: August 07, 2001
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ROBINSON, 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 16 and 17, which are the only claims pending in the application.
Claim 16 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
16. A method for performing combined PCR amplification and hybridization
probing comprising the steps of:
1This application is directed to subject matter related to that which is claimed in
Application No. 08/826,538, which is the subject of Appeal No. 1999-1436 currently
pending before the Board. We have considered these two appeals together.
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