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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GREGORY KEVORKIAN, DAN SMOLKO
and VLADIMIR LEVITIN1
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Appeal No. 2000-1782
Application No. 08/933,639
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Gregory Kevorkian et al. originally took this appeal from
the final rejection (Paper No. 4) of claims 1 through 20, all
of the claims pending in the application. Upon review of the 2
appellants’ brief (Paper No. 8), the examiner issued an Office
1The record indicates that the listing of Gregory I.
Kevorkian on the file jacket as a sole inventor is inaccurate.
2The references in the final rejection to nonexistent
claim 21 are erroneous.
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