The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for
publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ROBERT M. HAWK
Appeal No. 2001-1667
Application No. 09/117,280
ON BRIEF
Before WILLIAM SMITH, KRATZ, and POTEATE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
POTEATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of
the examiner refusing to allow claims 1-8 and 11-12, which are
all of the claims pending in the application.
Claim 11 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and
is reproduced below:
11. A method of making optical fiber, comprising:
heating a preform;
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