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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FURQAN ZAFAR SHAIKH, MARTIN ANDREW BROGLEY,
CRAIG EDWARD BURCH, NEAL JAMES COREY,
THOMAS JOHN HEATER and GARY ALLAN VRSEK
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Appeal No. 2000-0093
Application No. 08/874,812
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ON BRIEF
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Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and
McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Furqan Zafar Shaikh et al. originally took this appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 26, all of the claims pending in the application.1 On page 2 in their
1 The record indicates that the instant application is a continuation-in-part of Application
08/158,879, filed November, 29, 1993, now abandoned, which itself was involved in an appeal to this
Board (Appeal No. 97-0177). A decision in the prior appeal sustaining the examiner’s rejections was
rendered March 17, 1998.
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