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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WALTER JOHN SIMMONS
and DOMENIC JOSEPH BARSOTTI
Appeal No. 2002-0054
Application 09/500,561
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ON BRIEF
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Before TIMM, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 31, which are all the claims pending in the application.
A copy of the decision in related application serial number
09/273,040 (Appeal No. 2002-0173) is provided herewith.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
unpatentability are:
Bivens et al. (Bivens) 4,280,943 Jul. 28, 1981
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