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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RANDALL S. ESTEP
and
DENNIS A. ZIMMERMAN
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Appeal No. 2000-0965
Application No. 08/927,465
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HEARD: NOVEMBER 28, 2001
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative
Patent Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1 and 4-17, which are all of the claims pending in
the present application. Claims 2 and 3 have been canceled.
An amendment filed June 4, 1999 after final rejection was
approved for entry by the Examiner. At page 4 of the Answer,
the Examiner has indicated that, on reconsideration of the
rejection in view of arguments presented by Appellants in the
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