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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN E. TRAISE
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Appeal No. 1999-1317
Application No. 08/632,216
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HEARD: November 16, 2000
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Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.1
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
John E. Traise appeals from the final rejection of claims
1 through 9, 12 through 18, 20 and 21. Claims 10, 11 and 19,
the only other claims pending in the application, stand
objected to as depending from rejected base claims.
1Administrative Patent Judge Lazarus, who sat on the
panel at the oral hearing, has retired. He has been replaced
on the panel by Administrative Patent Judge Calvert. See In
re Bose Corp., 772 F.2d 866, 227 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
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