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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DAVID A. DEBLOCK, RONALD L. SITZEMA JR. and GWEN H. BARBER
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Appeal No. 2002-0033
Application No. 09/372,0201
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (Paper No. 6,
mailed September 14, 2000) of claims 18 to 34 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.2
We REVERSE.
1 Application filed August 10, 1999, for reissue of U.S. Patent No. 5,655,339 (Application No.
08/694,558, filed August 9, 1996), which patent issued on August 12, 1997.
2 Claims 1 to 17, the only other claims pending in this application, have been allowed.
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