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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DOUGLAS G. NELSON
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Appeal No. 2003-0622
Application No. 09/974,545
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-55.
Claims 8-11, 14, 23-26, 29, 45-48 and 51 have been indicated as containing allowable
subject matter. We therefore need consider only the rejections of claims 1-7, 12, 13,
15-22, 27, 28, 30-44, 49, 50 and 52-55.
We REVERSE AND REMAND THE APPLICATION TO THE EXAMINER.
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