Ex Parte FLOCKHART et al - Page 1




            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                   publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17              
                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                            
                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                               ____________                                                   
                    Ex parte ANDREW DEREK FLOCKHART, ROBERT DANIEL NALBONE,                                   
                              THOMAS S. FISHER, and EUGENE P. MATHEWS                                         
                                               ____________                                                   
                                            Appeal No. 2001-1678                                              
                                          Application No. 09/001,729                                          
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                                                 ON BRIEF                                                     
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            Before BARRY, LEVY, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                
            BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         




                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                   This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final               
            rejection of claims 5-10.                                                                         
                   We affirm-in-part.                                                                         













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