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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT H. MIMLITCH and ROBERT A. BRUCE
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Appeal No.2002-2341
Application 09/466,277
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 33 through 36, 42 through 47, 51 and 52,
which are all of the claims remaining in this application.1
1 Claim 52 was amended subsequent to the final rejection in
an amendment filed with the appeal brief on April 2, 2002. On
page 2 of the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16) it is noted that
this amendment has been entered. However, a review of the record
reveals that this amendment has not as of yet been clerically
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