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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHIRLEY M. REEDY
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Appeal No. 2002-1645
Application No. 09/281,553
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 15
and 17 to 20.1 The rejections of claim 16, the only other claim pending in this
application, have been vacated by the examiner (answer, p. 2).
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
1 Claims 1 and 14 were amended subsequent to the final rejection.
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