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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BERNARD BOSSARD and CHARLES BRAND
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Appeal No. 1999-2694
Application No. 08/684,651
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, DIXON and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7 and 10-
14. Claims 8 and 9 have been indicated in the answer as being directed to allowable
subject matter and are no longer before us on appeal.1
1We find it curious as to why the examiner, in the answer, would indicate that claims 8 and 9 are
now directed to allowable subject matter [pages 2-4]; that the only remaining issue on appeal is the
rejection of claims 1-7 and 10-14 and, at the same time, in the answer, repeat the previous rejection of
these claims [pages 9-10] and, moreover, label one of the responses, at page 14 of the answer,
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