Paper No. 19
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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS L. RIPLEY, SR.
and STEPHEN A. CATALDO
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Appeal No. 1999-1781
Application 08/468,713
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HEARD: JANUARY 27, 2000
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Before ABRAMS, MCQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1-16, which constitute all of the
claims of record in the application.1
The appellants attempted to cancel claim 16 and replace it with a new1
claim 17 in an amendment after the final rejection (Paper No. 6). However,
the examiner refused to enter the amendment (Paper No. 7) and, although the
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