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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAMELA IRENE LABUHN, WILLIAM JOSEPH GHUNDRLIK, JR.,
and SCOTT ANTHONY RUSH
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Appeal No. 1999-2764
Application No. 08/863,228
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to
4 and 9 to 11. The other claims remaining in the application,
6 to 8 and 12 to 14, have been indicated as allowable.1
The claims on appeal are drawn to a method of managing
deceleration of a succeeding vehicle having an adaptive cruise
1See the Supplemental Examiner’s Answer, p. 3 (Paper
No. 16, Feb. 2, 2000).
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