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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 19
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL E. SHIRK, JAMES PIWOWARSKI,
MARK MALINOWSKI, and PATRICK FINDLING
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Appeal No. 2000-1663
Application No. 08/691,663
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s rejection
of claims 1, 4, 5 and 10 through 22 which are the only claims
pending in the application. Claims 2, 3 and 6 through 9 have
been canceled.
The appellants’ invention is a method and device for
controlling a vehicle assistance request system. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
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