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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 30
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANCIS G. BOMO,
RONALD A. SWOR and JAMES M. WATSON
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Appeal No. 2001-1231
Application No. 08/976,371
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 7 through 17, 20 through 22, and 25 through
34, which are the only claims pending in this application.1 We
have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
1 The minor amendment dated Jun. 27, 2000, Paper No. 26, amending claims
25 and 29, was entered by the examiner (Brief, page 2; see Paper No. 27
(erroneously numbered as Paper No. 19), dated Aug. 29, 2000, ¶9).
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