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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEFAN REUSS, BRIAN D. WEST, DAVID J. DODGE and
CHRISTOPHER M. DOYLE
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Appeal No. 2002-0394
Application No. 09/169,074
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 8-
11, 13, 14, 16, 18-42, 44-47, 49, 50 and 52-57. The examiner has subsequently
withdrawn the rejection of claims 27-33 (see answer, Paper No. 22, page 2).
Consequently, this appeal involves only claims 1-6, 8-11, 13, 14, 16, 18-26, 34-42, 44-
47, 49, 50 and 52-57.1
1 Claims 27-33 stand allowed and claims 7, 12, 15, 43, 48 and 51 stand objected to as being
dependent on a rejected base claim. No other claim is pending in this application.
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