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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 23
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte LILIP LAU, WILLIAM M. HARTIGAN and JOHN J. FRANTZEN
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Appeal No. 2002-1403
Application No. 09/323,783
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ON BRIEF1
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB, 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 25 to
37, which are all of the claims pending in this application.
We REVERSE.
1 We note that the appellants were unable to attend the oral hearing scheduled for February 19,
2003, however under the circumstances a hearing is not considered necessary. See 37 CFR § 1.194(c),
last sentence.
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