Ex Parte AASEN 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 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 EINAR JOHAN AASEN, EDWARD JAMES MORLEY,                    
          OLE TERJE MIDLING and ANDERS SANDVIK                                        
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                                Appeal No. 2002-1352                                  
                               Application 09/051,975                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before STONER Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and ABRAMS, and            
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   


          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to                 
          allow claims 9, 10, 13 and 16 as amended subsequent to the final            
          rejection in a paper filed October 19, 2001 (Paper No. 19) and              
          from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 18 through 20 and             
          23.  Claims 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22 and 24 through 26, which             

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