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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CURTIS C. COWAN and GEORGE F. LEBLANC
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Appeal No. 1999-1756
Application No. 08/499,100
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal
to allow claims 1-6, which are all of the claims pending in
this application. Contrary to appellants' statement of the
status of amendments, appellants filed two amendments (Paper
Nos. 12 and 13) subsequent to the final rejection, with the
second amendment being supplemental to the first amendment.
The advisory action (Paper No. 14, mailed March 26, 1998) did
not identify the amendment which the examiner approved for
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