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today was not written for publication and is not binding
precedent of the Board.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. 33
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CHARLES I. BELISLE
and MICHAEL L. STEPHAN
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Appeal No. 2002-2224
Application 08/923,103
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
We have carefully considered the record in this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134, including
the opposing views of the examiner, in the answer, and appellants, in the brief, and based on our
review, find that we cannot sustain the rejection of appealed claims 1 through 7, 12 through 16
and 18 through 22, which are all of the claims before us in this appeal,1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the admitted prior art in the specification (FIGs. 1-4 and
1 The examiner withdrew the ground of rejection with respect to appealed claims 8 through 11
and 17 in the answer (page 11). Claims 1 through 22 are all of the claims in the application, a
copy of which appears in the appendix to the brief.
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