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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ARNOLD S. RIFKIN
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Appeal No. 1999-1782
Application 08/853,7901
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and 9, all the claims remaining in the
application. 2
The appealed claims are drawn to a security pouch, and are set forth in the appendix of the
Response to Order Remanding to Examiner filed on July 13, 1999 (Paper No. 22).
1Application for patent filed May 9, 1997.
2Claims 2 to 5, 7 and 8 were also finally rejected, but were cancelled by amendments filed
thereafter.
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