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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DON EVERETT BRANCH and BERNARD RAYMOND PIERRE
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Appeal No. 1999-2163
Application 08/950,524
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WARREN, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1, 5 through 11, and 14 through 17, which are
the only claims remaining in this application (see the Brief,
pages 2-3). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
method and apparatus for coating sheets by formation of a pseudo-
web of partially overlapped sheets from a primary sheet source,
periodically interjecting an insert sheet into the pseudo-web
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