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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte STEVEN C. CLARK, GORDON G. WONG,
PAUL SCHENDEL, AND JOHN MC COY
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Appeal No. 2001-2308
Application No. 07/704,578
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, MILLS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL1
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 28 and
29. Claims 28 and 29 read as follows:
1 The Examiner’s Answer was mailed on May 4, 1994. For reasons not clear from
the record, the file was not forwarded to the Board until July 2001. In view of the delay in the
case being forwarded to the Board, we have taken the case up for decision out of turn.
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