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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FELIX THEEUWES,
MICHEL J. N. CORMIER
and ARMAND P. NEUKERMANS
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Appeal No. 2003-1778
Application No. 08/988,292
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ON BRIEF
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Before LIEBERMAN, KRATZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-5, 8, 10-12, 14, 15, 18-21, 28 and 29.
Claims 23-27 and 30 have been indicated as allowable by the
examiner. Claims 6, 7, 13, 16 and 17, which are all of the other
claims pending in this application, have been indicated as
allowable by the examiner but are objected to as depending from a
rejected base claim.
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