Ex Parte SMITH et al - Page 1




                             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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                                         
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                  Ex parte D. WYNNE SMITH and ALLEN F. BOYER                                            
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                                 Appeal No. 2002-2084                                                   
                                               Application No. 09/016,740                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before COHEN, 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 6, 8               
              to 13 and 15 to 17.  Claims 7, 14 and 18, which are the only other claims pending in this                 
              application, have been objected to as depending from a non-allowed claim.                                 


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                        









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