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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRENT RAY DEN HARTOG, DENNIS LEONARD FOX,
JAMES ALOYSIUS HAGAN, JOHN CHEN SHEN
AND KANNIIMANGALAM V. VISWANATHAN
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Appeal No. 2000-1569
Application 08/964,686
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and BLANKENSHIP, 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 and 25-31.
Claims 2-24 had been cancelled. Claims 32-47 stand withdrawn
from consideration as being directed to a nonelected invention.
An amendment after final rejection was filed on October 25, 1999,
and was entered by the examiner. This amendment cancelled claims
27-29. Therefore, this appeal is directed to the rejection of
1
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