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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 37
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TONY M. POKORZYNSKI
and
TIMOTHY J. THEISEN
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Appeal No. 2003-1176
Application No. 09/074,288
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, DELMENDO, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
(2002) from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 4
and 6 through 10 in the above-identified application.1 Claims 11
1 In reply to the final Office action mailed Jun. 3, 2002
(paper 28), the appellants submitted an amendment pursuant to 37
CFR § 1.116 (2001) on Aug. 13, 2002 (paper 29), proposing
changes to claims 1 and 6. The examiner indicated in the
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