Ex Parte DEVECCHIS 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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 MARCO E. DEVECCHIS and DANIEL M. EGGERT                                         
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                                                Appeal No. 2002-1035                                                  
                                              Application No. 09/333,166                                              
                                                    ____________                                                      
                                               HEARD:  APRIL 16, 2003                                                 
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             Before FRANKFORT, 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 1-16.                  
             Appellants have withdrawn the appeal of the rejection of claim 15 (brief1, page 1).                      
             Accordingly, this appeal involves only claims 1-14 and 16.                                               






                    1 All references to the brief in this decision are to the supplemental brief filed February 26, 2002
             (Paper No. 15).                                                                                          





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