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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ELISA E. ZAPPACOSTA
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Appeal No. 2002-0555
Application 09/361,514
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 12, all of the claims pending in
this application. In the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 10, page
3), the examiner has withdrawn the rejections of claims 2 and 5
through 12, indicating that claims 5 through 12 now stand allowed
and that claim 2 is now objected to, but contains allowable
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