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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FABIENNE CHARELES DE LA BROUSSE AND
JIN-LONG CHEN
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Appeal No. 2001-1148
Application No. 09/114,552
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, LORIN, and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 11-
15, all the claims pending in the application.1
1 Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b), we review the adverse decision of the examiner. In doing so, we
have considered the record, including:
€ Final Rejection (paper no. 7);
€ Brief (paper no. 9);
€ Examiner's Answer (paper no. 10);
€ Reply Brief (paper no. 11);
€ Examiner Communication (paper no. 12);
€ Second Reply Brief (paper no. 13); and,
€ Second Examiner Communication (paper no. 14).
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