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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM BERSON and CLAUDE ZELLER
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Appeal No. 2000-1185
Application No. 08/886,516
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, DIXON, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent
Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 11, which are all
of the claims pending in this application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates generally to a method of
identifying the source of an article of manufacture and more
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