Ex Parte TONUCCI 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          was not written for publication and is not binding precedent                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. 16              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                             Ex parte RONALD J. TONUCCI                               
                                         and                                          
                                 DOUGLAS H. PEARSON                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2002-0204                                  
                               Application 09/154,2431                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PAK, WALTZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 22 through 27 and 30.              
          See the Brief, pages 1-2.  Claim 28 and 29, the remaining claims            
          in the above-identified application, have been objected to as               
          being dependent upon a rejected claim, but have been indicated to           

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               1Application for patent filed September 16, 1998.                      
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