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and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETER R. STRUTT, BERNARD H. KEAR
and ROSS F. BOLAND
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Appeal No. 2002-0928
Application 09/315,2511
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ON BRIEF
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Before METZ, WARREN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
METZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's
refusal to allow claims 1 through 5 and 8 through 12, which are all
the claims remaining in the application. The finally rejected
claims were 1 through 6 and 8 through 12 but appellants filed an
amendment with their brief which, inter alia, canceled claim 6. The
1 Application for patent filed May 20, 1999. According to the
official records of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), this
application is a division of application Serial Number 09/019,061,
filed on February 5, 1998, and now U.S. Patent Number 6,025,034,
which issued on February 15, 2000, which is a continuation of
application Serial Number 08558,133, filed on November 13, 1995,
and now abandoned.
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