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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BARRY C. MUFFOLETTO,
ASHISH SHAH and DONALD H. STEPHENSON
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Appeal No. 2002-2221
Application No. 08/847,946
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting claims 1 to
12, all of the pending claims in the application. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C.
§ 134.1
1 Claims 14 and 15 have been withdrawn from consideration by the Examiner. (Final
Rejection, paper no. 8).
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