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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 35
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THEODORE D. JOHNSON, JR.
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Appeal No. 2000-0873
Application No. 08/975,983
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HEARD: February 22, 2001
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 44-48, 55-76, 79, 82, 85, 88, 91, 94, 97
and 100. Claims 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98 and 99 have been
allowed. Dependent claims 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86 and 87
have been objected to as depending from rejected claims, but
otherwise indicated as being allowable if rewritten in
independent form to include the limitations of the base claims
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