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and is not binding precedent of the Board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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS W. CONSTANTIN
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Appeal No. 2001-1848
Application 08/932,988
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HEARD: JANUARY 23, 2002
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Before MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and
ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
MCCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
AND
REMAND TO THE EXAMINER
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 9 and 10. Claims 3-5 and 8 have
been objected to as being dependent on a rejected claim (see the
final office action dated February 28, 2000).1 In his main brief
1 With regard to the status of the claims, appellant’s statement on page 2
of the main brief that claims 1-10 are all rejected is incorrect.
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