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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL BEERS
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Appeal No. 2000-0118
Application No. 08/972,640
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, ABRAMS and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-13, 15
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and 16. The examiner indicated that dependent claim 14, the only other claim of record,
would be allowable if rewritten in independent form (Paper No. 3).
We AFFIRM-IN-PART and REMAND.
1 An amendment after the final rejection was refused entry by the examiner, but a
declaration by the appellant under Section 132 was entered (see Papers Nos. 8 and 9).
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