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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL D. STROOM,
GARY F. HOWORTH and MICHAEL T. SCHWEITZER
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Appeal No. 1997-1613
Application 08/109,646
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HEARD: October 11, 2000
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Before WARREN, OWENS and JEFFREY T. SMITH, 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, 2 4 through 9, 11 through 14, 17 through 20 and 23 through 32.1
We have carefully considered the record before us, and based thereon, find that we cannot
sustain the ground of rejection of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Merry in view of
Wagner et al and either Luckanuck or Peterson et al.2
1 See the amendment of September 18, 1995 (Paper No. 26).
2 The references are listed at page 3 of the answer.
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