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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 KALIN LEIFER and ELROY SCHOENBECK
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Appeal No. 2002-1067
Application No. 09/358,666
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1, 4-10, 13, 16-18 and 22-26. Claims 19-21
have been allowed. Claims 12, 14 and 15, the only other claims
in the application, have been indicated by the examiner to
contain allowable subject matter, but currently stand objected to
until such time that they are rewritten in independent form.
Subsequent to the final rejection (see page 2 of the answer) the
examiner withdrew the rejection of claim 16 and indicated that
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