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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GARY W. WOODWARD, BRAD B. HECKERMAN and DENNIS A. MEUCHEL
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Appeal No. 2001-2421
Application No. 09/092,5771
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ON BRIEF
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Before BARRY, LEVY and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-17, which are all the claims pending in
this application.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to lighting systems with
both hard wire and fiber optic illumination capabilities for
1 Application for patent filed June 5, 1998, which is a continuation-
in-part of the Application No. 08/401,717, filed March 10, 1995, now U.S.
Patent No. 5,775,896.
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