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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 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 ELIZABETH J. GLADFELTER,
TINA D. OUTLAW, JAMES L. COPELAND,
RHONDA K. SCHULTZ, DANIEL K. BOCHE
and JEFF PETERSON
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Appeal No. 1997-0043
Application 08/071,596
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HEARD: September 12, 2000
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting
claims 1 through 5, 8 through 12 and 14 through 25, and refusing to allow claims 6, 7 and 13 as
amended subsequent to the final rejection. Appellants cancelled claims 26 through 35. Thus, claims 1
through 25 are before us on appeal, which are all of the claims in the application.1
1 See specification, pages 47-50, and the amendments of August 3, 1992 and December 28, 1992
(application 07/699,662, Papers No. 4 and 10) and of February 4, 1994 and October 11, 1994
(present application, Papers No. 17 and 24).
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