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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRUCE E. MORRIS
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Appeal No. 2002-0027
Application No. 08/963,812
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HEARD: AUGUST 14, 2002
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 7 through 21. Claims 1 through 6 have been
allowed. Claims 22 and 23, the only other claims in the
application, have been objected to as being dependent from a
rejected base claim, but have also been indicated by the examiner
to be allowable if rewritten in independent form.
As noted on page 2 of the specification, appellant’s
invention relates to a tapping connector or tapping flange for
connecting branch pipes to carrier pipes, such as subsea carrier
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