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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS C. JEDNACZ, YONGPING XIA
and SIRINAGESH SATYANARAYANA
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Appeal No. 2000-1703
Application No. 08/963,5451
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH, 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 20-23, which are all of the claims pending in
this application.
We reverse and enter a new ground of rejection under 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b).
1 Application for patent filed November 3, 1997, which is a
continuation of Application No. 08/498,715, filed June 30, 1995, now U.S.
Patent No. 5,726,644.
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