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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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
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Ex parte LEON ZHAO
and DAVID D. KOESTER
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Appeal No. 2003-0267
Application 09/427,229
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Leon Zhao et al. originally took this appeal from the final
rejection of claims 1 through 4, 7 through 10 and 19. As the
appellants have since canceled claims 2, 4 and 19, the appeal now
involves claims 1, 3 and 7 through 10.1 Claims 5, 6, 11 through
18 and 20, the only other claims pending in the application,
stand allowed.
1 Claims 1 and 7 through 10 have been amended subsequent to
final rejection.
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