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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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Ex parte NICOLAS D. MCKAY JR.
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Appeal No. 2001-2020
Application No. 09/271,232
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BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, RUGGIERO, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.
HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 51, 6 and 8.
The disclosed invention relates to an object locating system that uses a GPS satellite system
and a two-way satellite communications system.
Claim 1 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it reads as follows:
1 Although claim 5 depends from canceled claim 4, the examiner indicated (answer, page
2) that “the dependency of claim 5 will be assumed to be on claim 1.”
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