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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GURPREET S. AHLUWALIA
and DOUGLAS SHANDER
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Appeal No. 1997-1717
Application No. 08/068,256
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, ROBINSON, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.
WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 and 8 through 12. Claim 2 stands objected to and “would be
allowable if rewritten in independent form” (final rejection, Paper No. 13, page 2). Claims
3 through 7, the only other claims pending in the application, have been withdrawn from
further consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as not readable on the elected claims.
Claim 1, which is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal, reads as follows:
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