Ex Parte Orlando et al - Page 1




                            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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19             

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                              
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                 
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                      
                                                    ____________                                                      
                            Ex parte ROBERT JOSEPH ORLANDO and PAUL COOKER                                            
                                                    ____________                                                      
                                                Appeal No. 2003-1557                                                  
                                              Application No. 09/817,884                                              
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                        
                                                    ____________                                                      
             Before COHEN, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
             BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                       



                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                     
                    This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-3 and                
             8-14.  Claims 4-7, the only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn                    
             from consideration as being directed to non-elected species.                                             
                    We REVERSE.                                                                                       











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