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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEVEN C. KACINES
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Appeal No. 1999-1747
Application No. 08/715,4221
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 to 16, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.2
1Application for patent filed September 18, 1996.
2We note that claim 6 was never included in any of the
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 set forth by the examiner in
any Office action. However, the examiner did indicate in the
disposition of claims section of the Office Action Summary
that claim 6 was rejected. Therefore, for purposes of this
appeal, we will considered claim 6 to be rejected on the same
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