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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GARY DAVID GREENBLATT,
BARRY CLIFFORD LANGE, MICHAEL DAMIAN BOWE,
RICHARD FOSTER MERRITT, ROBERT WILCZYNSKI,
GARY ROBERT LARSON, LORI MARIE PETROVICH
and DAVID WILLIAM WHITMAN
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Appeal No. 2002-2282
Application 09/212,038
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WARREN and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, including
the opposing views of the examiner, in the answer, and appellants, in the brief,1 and based on our
1 We find in the filewrapper of the present application a paper designated “Appellants’ Reply
Brief” which was directed to the present application, originally filed on June 14, 2002, marked
“Copy of Papers Originally Filed” and stamped “Received Jun 28 2002 Technology Center
1700.” There is no indication that this reply brief has been entered into the record or considered
and acknowledged by the examiner. We have not considered this reply brief in reaching our
decision in this appeal, leaving the matter of this document to the Technology Center.
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