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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte SHANNON HERRING
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Appeal No. 2002-1288
Application No. 09/570,759
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 to 10,
12, 14 and 16 to 19, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1
We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
1 While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment after final rejection canceling claim 13
(Paper No. 10, filed September 28, 2001), we note that this amendment has not been clerically entered
even after this application had been remanded to the examiner for entry of that amendment (see Paper
No. 18, mailed December 16, 2002).
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