Ex Parte SUARES et al - Page 1




                          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                                 for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12               
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                  
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
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                                           Ex parte ALAN SUARES;                                                 
                                            SUSAN NETTESHEIM;                                                    
                                           MICHAEL INDURSKY; and                                                 
                                              PETER BERTOLINI                                                    
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                                             Appeal No. 2001-1489                                                
                                           Application No. 09/177,695                                            
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                      
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             Before LORIN, ADAMS and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
             LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                 

                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                   
                   This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-11,              
             all the claims pending in the application.1                                                         




                                                                                                                 
             1  Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b), we review the adverse decision of the examiner. In doing so, we have
             considered the record, including:                                                                   
             · Final Rejection (paper no. 7);                                                                    
             · Brief (paper no. 9); and,                                                                         
             · Examiner's Answer (paper no. 10).                                                                 






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