Ex Parte KANGAS 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                                                  is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                   
                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                                     AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
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                    Ex parte LANI S. KANGAS, MIECZYSLAW H. MAZUREK, KURT C. MELANCOM,                                              
                                    WALTER R. ROMANKO, and AUDREY A. SHERMAN                                                       
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                                                       Appeal No. 2002-0250                                                        
                                                    Application No. 08/930,771                                                     
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                                                             ON BRIEF                                                              
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               Before GARRIS, TIMM, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                       
               TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  


                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            


                       This appeal involves claims 1, and 3-13, 15-17, and 19.  The only other claims pending in                   
               the application, claims 14 and 18, are not subject to rejection.  We have jurisdiction under 35                     
               U.S.C. § 134.                                                                                                       













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