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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte J. KIM WILKINSON
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Appeal No. 2003-1181
Application No. 09/755,575
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 6, 8 through 10, 13 through 16 and
19, and from the examiner's refusal to allow claim 21 added
subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed June 18, 2002
(Paper No. 5).1
1 In the advisory action mailed August 14, 2002 (Paper No.
8), the examiner has indicated the status of claim 21 as
"rejected." However, claim 21 does not appear in either one of
the rejections set forth in the examiner's answer (Paper No. 10).
Given the limitations of claim 21 added to independent claim 15,
and the similarity of that subject matter to the subject matter
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