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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 WILLIAM BREARLEY,
LAERTIS ECONOMIKOS, PAUL F. FINDEIS,
KIMBERLEY A. KELLY, BOUWE W. LEENSTRA,
ARTHUR G. MERRYMAN, ERIC D. PERFECTO,
CHANDRIKA PRASAD, JAMES P. WOOD
and ROY YU
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Appeal No. 1999-2403
Application 08/576,185
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges.
THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s
final rejection of claims 14-21. Of these claims, the examiner
has indicated the allowability of claims 15-17 at page 2 of the
answer. Appellants have canceled claims 1-13. Therefore, only
claims 14 and 18-21 remain on appeal.
Representative claim 14 is reproduced below:
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