Ex Parte POWELL 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                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 67                       
                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                          Ex parte MICHAEL J. POWELL,                                                 
                                                ANTHONY R. REES,                                                      
                                                 PAUL M. BOOTH,                                                       
                                                 HONG WONPYO,                                                         
                                             RICHARD C. TITMAS, and                                                   
                                               RICHARD J. MASSEY                                                      
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                                               Appeal No. 2001-19571                                                  
                                             Application No. 08/479,849                                               
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                                                     ON BRIEF2                                                        
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                 Before SCHEINER, ADAMS, and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
                 ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  
                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                      
                        This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                               
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 15-25, which are all the claims pending in the                  
                 application.                                                                                         


                        Claim 15 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced                    
                 below:                                                                                               
                                                                                                                      
                 1 This appeal is related, through at least one common parent application, to Appeal No. 2000-        
                 0893 (Application No. 08/392407), and Appeal No. 2001-1910 (Application No. 08/325,540).             
                 Accordingly, these appeals were considered together.                                                 






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