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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
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. MACDONALD JR. and YAWEI MA
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Appeal No. 1999-2381
Application No. 08/586,434
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ON BRIEF
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Before URYNOWICZ, KRASS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-17,
20-40, 43 and 45-48 . Claims 18, 19, 41, 42 and 44 stand1
The brief indicates at page 6, lines 6-9, that claim 211
stands rejected for double patenting and this is in fact the
case. Accordingly, the statement at page 19, item 11, of the
answer indicating that claim 21 is objected to and would be
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