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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRYAN PATRICK LIVENGOOD, GEORGE P. MARSHALL
and JOHN MELVIN OLSON
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Appeal No. 2003-2157
Application No. 09/885,311
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, TIMM, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
final rejection of claims 1, 3 through 8, 10 through 19, 21 and
22.1 Claims 9 and 20 have been withdrawn from this appeal (Brief,
pages 1 and 5; Answer, page 2). Claim 30 is the only other claim
1Appellants filed an amendment subsequent to the final
rejection but this amendment was refused entry by the examiner
(see the amendment dated Apr. 23, 2003, Paper No. 12, the
Advisory Action dated May 2, 2003, Paper No. 13, and the Brief,
page 2).
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