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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHRISTOPHER W. FORD
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Appeal No. 1999-0510
Application No. 08/728,787
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HEARD: Nov. 13, 2000
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Before CALVERT, COHEN, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,
2, 4 and 6 to 20, all the claims remaining in the application.
The claims on appeal are drawn to a sterilizing separator
device (claims 1, 2, 4 and 6), a system for sterilizing
(claims 7 to 16), and a method of sterilizing (claims 17 to
20). They are reproduced in Appendix A of appellant’s brief.
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