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is not binding precedent of the Board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 DARRELL H. CORBETT
and STUART A. SMITH
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Appeal No. 2002-2114
Application No. 09/164,792
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 8, 9, and 10. A copy of
these claims is set forth in the attached appendix.
The examiner relies upon the following reference as evidence
of unpatentability:
Hopkins et al. Hopkins) 5,685,940 Nov. 11, 1997
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