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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BILLIE O. DOONAN
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Appeal No. 1997-1869
Application 08/215,4621
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ON BRIEF
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Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative
Patent Judges.
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Applicant appeals the rejection of claims 11-30, all the pending claims. A supervisory primary
examiner has rejected all claims on two grounds: (1) under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over U.S.
patent 5,248,041 to Deiringer et al., or U.S. patent 5,120,768 to Sisson, or U.S. patent 3,652,466 to
Application for patent filed March 21, 1994.1
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