Ex Parte JONES 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                                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                    
                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                      
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                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                                             Ex parte TODD K. JONES,                                                    
                                                MARK E. GOLDMAN,                                                        
                                            CHARLOTTE L. F. POOLEY,                                                     
                                                   DAVID T. WINN,                                                       
                                               JAMES P. EDWARDS,                                                        
                                                  SARAH J. WEST,                                                        
                                            CHRISTOPHER M. TEGLEY,                                                      
                                                       LIN ZHI,                                                         
                                             LAWRENCE G. HAMANN,                                                        
                                                LUC J. FARMER, and                                                      
                                                 ROBERT L. DAVIS                                                        
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                                                Appeal No. 2001-1290                                                    
                                             Application No. 08/980,032                                                 
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                          
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                 Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.                                    
                 GRIMES, 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 16 and 18-28, all of the claims remaining.  Claim 16 is                      
                 representative and is reproduced as an appendix to this opinion.                                       







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