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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THOMAS LAWRENCE MILLER,
RICHARD FRANCIS NELSON,
and
JOHN KEITH OSTROM
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Appeal No. 1999-0752
Application No. 08/806,103
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through 3, 5, 7 through
10, 12 through 15 and 17 through 19, which are all the claims
pending in the above-identified application.
Claims 1 and 14 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal and read as follows:
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