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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 WARD WHITMIRE
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Appeal No. 1999-0937
Application No. 08/646,530
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1
through 10 and 12 through 14. These claims constitute all of the
claims remaining in the application. On pages 2 and 8 of the
answer (Paper No. 14), the examiner indicates that claims 12 and
13 are now deemed to be allowable over the art of record.1
1 The copy of claim 12, attached to the brief, was in error
in not reciting on line 1 “mountainous” terrain, consistent with
the claim language as it appears in the application file.
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