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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GEOFFREY W. BLANEY and RICHARD R. TANGUM
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Appeal No. 1999-1081
Application No. 08/458,983
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-9, 11- 18
and 66-71, which are all of the claims pending in the application.1
We REVERSE.
1On page 2 of the Answer, the examiner indicated that claim 16 would be allowable
if rewritten in independent form, which means that this claim is not before us on appeal.
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