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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD S. GATES and STEPHEN M. HSU
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Appeal No. 1997-1538
Application 08/184,1721
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHAFER, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Decision on Appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 13-27. The examiner asserts the following
grounds of rejection (Examiner’s Answer, Paper 12, p. 2):2
1. Claims 13 and 16-22 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1, “for
failing to provide support in the specification”; and
11Application for patent filed January 19, 1994.
22Additional grounds of rejection were made in the final rejection (Paper 7). These rejections are deemed
withdrawn in view of the failure to repeat them in the examiner’s answer.
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