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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
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 JOHN V. STEWART
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Appeal No. 2000-1471
Application 08/935,655
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent
Judges.
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
John V. Stewart originally took this appeal from the
final rejection of claims 4 through 7. Inasmuch as the1
appellant has canceled claims 4 and 7, the appeal now involves
claims 5 and 6, the only claims currently pending in the
In the final rejection (Paper No. 5), the examiner referred to claims1
4 through 7 as claims 1 through 4, respectively, due to a claim numbering
error by the appellant which has since been corrected.
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