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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JAMES D. BRUGMAN and PAUL L. TASSON
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Appeal No. 2001-1041
Application No. 09/219,4751
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection (Paper No. 12, mailed June 7, 2000) of claims 1 to 8
and 16 to 29. Claims 9 to 15, the only other claims pending in
this application, have been allowed.
We REVERSE.
1 Application filed December 22, 1998, for reissue of U.S.
Patent No. 5,588,491 (Application No. 08/513,436, filed August
10, 1995 ("the original application")), which patent issued on
December 31, 1996.
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