Ex parte JOHANSSON 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                          written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                       Ex parte KERSTIN JOHANSSON, ROY HANSSON, and ANN SAMUELSSON                                                                      
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                                                          Appeal No. 2001-2422                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/817,573                                                                          
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                                                       HEARD: January 10, 2002                                                                          
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                 Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                 This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                                 
                 rejection of claims 1 through 9, which are all of the claims                                                                           
                 remaining in this application.  Claim 10 has been canceled.1                                                                           



                          1Claims 2 and 9 were amended in Paper No. 24, filed July                                                                      
                 26, 2000, subsequent to the final rejection.  While the                                                                                
                 examiner has indicated that this amendment has been approved                                                                           
                 for entry, we note that the amendment has not as of yet been                                                                           
                 clerically entered.  This oversight should be corrected during                                                                         
                 any further prosecution of the application before the                                                                                  
                 examiner.                                                                                                                              





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