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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEVEN C. DEANE and CORNELIS VAN BERKEL
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Appeal No. 2001-1723
Application No. 09/112,263
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, SMITH JEFFREY T., and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1 through 5 and 10. Claims 6 through 9, the remaining claims in the application, have been
objected to, but have been indicated to be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of
the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
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