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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
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 A. FRUTIGER
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Appeal No. 1999-1451
Application No. 08/481,593
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and DIXON, Administrative Patent Judges.
DIXON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3, 5-15, 17-
22, and 61-66. Claims 4 and 16 are objected to as dependent on rejected parent claims
and would be allowable if rewritten in independent form. These are all of the claims
pending in this application.
We REVERSE.
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