Ex Parte GUPTA et al - Page 1




              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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 AMIT GUPTA and RAPHAEL ROM                                                  
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                                                 Appeal No. 2002-1383                                                     
                                              Application No. 08/868,972                                                  
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                                                      ON BRIEF1                                                           
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              Before DIXON, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                         
              BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                   




                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s rejection                     
              of claims 1, 2, 6-19, and 21-30.                                                                            
                     We affirm-in-part.                                                                                   






                     1 Appellants waived an oral hearing via facsimile communication filed December 18, 2002 (Paper       
              No. 16).                                                                                                    





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