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is not binding precedent of the Board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 PHILIP M. JOHNSON,
LAWRENCE R. CARLSON and
DONNA A. GARRIGUES
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Appeal No. 2002-0834
Application No. 09/275,386
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-8 and 17-20. Claims 9-16 have been
canceled. A copy of claims 1, 4, and 8 is in the attached
appendix.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Bohnen et al. (Bohnen) 4,915,781 Apr. 10, 1990
Ishizuka et al. (Ishizuka) 4,917,758 Apr. 17, 1990
Johnson et al. (Johnson) 5,637,252 June 10, 1997
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