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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM L. COURTNEY and ROBERT MANUEL CARMICHAEL
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Appeal No. 2001-2543
Application No. 09/225,892
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1 through 7 and 21 through 25 as amended in a paper
(Paper No. 9) filed subsequent to the final rejection. Claims 8
through 14, the only other claims pending in the application,
have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to non-
elected inventions. Claims 15 through 20 have been canceled.
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