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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEPHEN B. SCHREIBER
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Appeal No. 2001-0483
Application No. 08/996,8421
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, 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 1, 2, 12 to 15 and 21 to 24. Claims 3 to 2
11 and 16 to 20 have been allowed. No claim has been
canceled.
1According to the appellant, the application is a
continuation-in-part of Application No. 08/187,111, which
application was the subject of Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences decisions dated May 29, 1996 and September 27,
1996 and a Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision
dated October 23, 1997.
2Claims 14 to 20 were amended subsequent to the final
rejection.
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