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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RALPH N. MILLER,
MALLIKARJUNA V.N. RAO, and
STEVEN H. SWEARINGEN
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Appeal No. 2002-1584
Application No. 09/283,449
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 10 and 26
through 28. Claims 11 through 25, which are the only other claims remaining in the
application, stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as drawn to a
non-elected invention.
Claims 10 and 27, which are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, read as
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