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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 CARL F. KERNIZAN and JAMES R. SPENCE
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Appeal No. 2001-0214
Application No. 08/826,283
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8, 9, 11,
12, 19 and 20, which are all of the claims pending in the above-
identified application.
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claims 1, 9, and 12 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and read as follows:
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