THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written
for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES R. MASON,
RICHARD A. DOLBEER
and GEORGE PRETI
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Appeal No. 94-0291
Application 07/490,7601
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ON BRIEF
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Before METZ, GRON and ELLIS , Administrative Patent Judges.
ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 12, 19 through 23, and
50 through 52, all the claims pending in the application.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
1. A method of repelling carnivorous or omnivorous animals selected from the group
1Application for patent filed March 8, 1990. According to appellants, this application is a
continuation-in-part of Application 07/394,932, filed August 17, 1989, now abandoned; which is
a continuation-in-part of Application 07/351,841, filed May 12, 1989, now abandoned.
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