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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ISABELLE BOEYE
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Appeal No. 2000-1653
Application No. 08/906,586
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1-8, all the claims currently pending in the
application.1
1Two amendments subsequent to the final rejection have
been submitted. The first (Paper No. 10), filed August 30,
1999, sought to cancel non-elected claims 9-24. The second
(Paper No. 15), filed November 11, 1999, sought to amend claim
1 by adding the word “uniformly” in line 5 thereof. Both
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