Ex Parte HUBBARD 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                                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19              

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                     
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                                BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
                                                     ____________                                                       
                                Ex parte MICHAEL J. HUBBARD, WALTER J. KELLY,                                           
                                ANTHONY VERROCCHI and RAYMOND J. WEINERT                                                
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                                                 Appeal No. 2002-2123                                                   
                                              Application No. 09/197,140`                                               
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before FRANKFORT, 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 9 to 11,                
              13, 14 and 16 to 30, which are all of the claims pending in this application.                             


                     We REVERSE.                                                                                        










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