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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte QUANG Q. TRAN, MARLOWE PATTERSON, HENRY NITA
and PAUL C. SLAIKEU
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Appeal No. 2000-0447
Application No. 08/838,685
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ON BRIEF
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Before NASE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 9, which are the only claims pending
in this application.
The appellants’ invention relates to a catheter having an
elongate tubular member. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of claim 1, which appears in the appendix to
the appellants’ brief.
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