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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETER A. STARK,
AUDREY A. SHERMAN and ALBERT I. EVERAERTS
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Appeal No. 2002-2317
Application No. 09/025,607
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, OWENS, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-4, 7-10,
12-22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 45-49 and 52. Claims 5 and 6, the only
other claims pending as of the final rejection, stand objected to
as being dependent from a rejected base claim but allowable if
rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of
the base claim and any intervening claims. Claims 25 and 49 were
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