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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte NEIL L. HOOPINGARNER and BARRY D. MATIN
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Appeal No. 1999-2461
Application No. 08/818,695
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, PATE, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 3 and 6, and the examiner's refusal to allow claim 4
as amended after final rejection. These claims are the only
claims remaining in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to a method of making a
prescored foam board. It consists of impressing a pattern of
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