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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM P. BARBOUR
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Appeal No. 97-0048
Application 08/292,1861
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, LEE, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 10, all the claims pending in the application.
The invention pertains to medicine containers and, more
particularly, to such containers wherein the medication therein
may be identified with audible speech through a loudspeaker in a
playback unit.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. Apparatus for identifying medication within a container
with audible speech produced at the demand of a user comprising:
1 Application for patent filed August 18, 1994.
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