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today was not written for publication and is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CLARENCE W. MCQUEEN
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Appeal No. 2000-2036
Application 08/897,484
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH and DIXON, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
ON REQUEST FOR REHEARING
The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences mailed a
decision in this application on August 21, 2002 in which the
rejection of claims 1, 4 and 6-8 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) was affirmed. In response to this decision, appellant
has nominally filed under 37 CFR § 1.196 a new set of claims,
added amendments to the specification of this application, and
argued the rejection of claim 4. Since prosecution before the
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