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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROBERT H. JOHNSTONE
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Appeal No. 1997-2839
Application No. 08/448,778
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ON BRIEF
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Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, COHEN and
LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges.
LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 16-35 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.1
We reverse.
1Claims 16 and 28 were amended (Paper Nos. 13 and 17 received December 2, 1996
and May 2, 1997, respectively) after the final office action (Paper No. 7
mailed August 1, 1996).
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