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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL N. OLIVER
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Appeal No. 2001-0271
Application No. 08/855,474
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ON BRIEF
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Before McQUADE, NASE and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-21, which are all of the claims pending
in this application.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to mouse pads and to
storage for computer disks (specification, p. 1). An object
of appellant's invention is to provide a single unit that acts
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