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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DENNIS SMITHYMAN,
CARL W. SCHMIDT,
and
SLOANE R. SIX
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Appeal No. 2002-2273
Application No. 09/363,688
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HEARD: MARCH 4, 2003
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 11-16
and 44-51. Claims 40-43, the only other claims pending in the application, have been
objected to as depending from a rejected claim, but indicated as being allowable if
rewritten in independent form.
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