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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte EDWARD McKIERNAN, JAMES A. SIGLER
and WILLIAM J. FRIEDMAN
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Appeal No. 2000-1230
Application No. 08/717,904
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to
3, 12 to 15 and 21. Of the other claims remaining in the
application, claim 11 stands withdrawn from consideration as
being directed to a nonelected species, and claims 4 to 10 and
16 to 20 are indicated as being allowable if rewritten in
independent form.
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