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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ROY M. STEVENS
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Appeal No. 2002-0727
Application No. 08/869,878
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ON BRIEF
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Before JEFFREY T. SMITH, PAWLIKOWSKI, and MOORE, Administrative
Patent Judges.
MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection of claims 1-10, all of the pending claims of this
application.
REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
The appellants have indicated (Brief, page 4) that, for the
purposes of this appeal, the claims will stand or fall together.
Consistent with this indication, Appellant has made no separate
arguments with respect to the remaining claims. Accordingly, all
the claims will stand or fall together, and we will select claims
1 and 6, the independent claims, as representative of all of the
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