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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN T. HASTINGS
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Appeal No. 2001-1301
Application 08/867,949
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
John T. Hastings appeals from the final rejection (Paper No.
18) of claims 39, 40, 43 and 46, all of the claims pending in the
application.
This is the second appeal to this Board involving the
instant application. In a decision (Paper No. 16) rendered in
the first appeal (Appeal No. 1999-2757), the Board determined
that the appellant’s claims were indefinite and lacking in
written descriptive support, entered corresponding 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first and second paragraph, rejections, and reversed the
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