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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEPHEN FORBES, STUART F. BROWN,
CHRISTOPHER D. HAYES and KULBINDER S. KULAR
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Appeal No. 1999-2775
Application No. 08/549,847
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1, 2 and 5 through 7 as amended subsequent to the
final rejection in a paper filed October 26, 1998 (Paper No. 17)
and from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 13 through 17.
Claims 1, 2, 5 through 7 and 13 through 17 are all of the claims
remaining in the application. Claims 3, 4 and 8 through 12 have
been canceled.
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