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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS N. SPINA
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Appeal No. 2003-0059
Application 09/238,553
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-12.
Claim 13, which is the only other claim in the application,
stands withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being
directed toward a nonelected invention.
THE INVENTION
The appellant’s claimed invention relates to “a label
assembly having multiple layers, one such layer susceptible to
receiving printed information by direct thermal transfer, that
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