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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte TIMOTHY A. SWANN et al.
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Appeal No. 2000-2217
Application No. 09/067,287
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ON BRIEF1
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Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB and
NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 14, 16, 18 and 20. Claim 10, the only 2
other claim pending in this application, has been allowed.
1On March 1, 2001, the appellants waived the oral hearing
(see Paper No. 20) scheduled for March 21, 2001.
2Claims 16, 18 and 20 were amended subsequent to the
final rejection.
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