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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ERWIN M.J. PLATVOET
and
ROBERT J. GARTSIDE
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Appeal No. 2003-1066
Application No. 09/841,277
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, DELMENDO, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-8 (final Office action mailed Apr. 19, 2002, paper 7)
in the above-identified application.1 Claim 9, which is the only
1 In reply to the final Office action, the appellants
submitted an amendment pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.116 (2001)
proposing a change to claim 6. (Amendment filed Oct. 8, 2002,
paper 9.) This amendment has been entered for purposes of this
appeal. (Advisory action mailed Oct. 18, 2002, paper 10.)
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