Ex Parte YOULE et al - Page 1




                           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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD J. YOULE, VEENA M. VASANDANI                                            
                             YON-NENG WU, ESTER BOIX, and WOJCIECH ARDELT                                              
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                                               Appeal No. 2001-0733                                                    
                                             Application No. 09/095,429                                                
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                                                     ON BRIEF                                                          
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                 Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and GREEN, Administrative Patent                                    
                 Judges.                                                                                               
                 GREEN, 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 15-22.  We note that this appeal is related to Appeal No.                   
                 02-0425, USSN 08/626,288, which is being decided concurrently with the instant                        
                 appeal.  Claim 15 is representative of the subject matter on the instant appeal,                      
                 and reads as follows:                                                                                 











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