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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RICHARD W. SEVIER and DOMINIC J. LOUWAGIE
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Appeal No. 2001-0045
Application No. 09/103,347
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1-21,
24, 27 and 28. Claim 25 has been canceled and claims 22, 23 and 26 have been
allowed.1
We REVERSE AND ENTER A NEW REJECTION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.196(B).
1In the final rejection, the examiner indicated that dependent claims 22, 23 and 26 contained
allowable subject matter. Subsequently, the appellants amended them to independent form. See Papers
No. 10 and 11.
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