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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANCIS A. FERREIRO
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Appeal No. 2002-2034
Application No. 09/175,080
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ON BRIEF
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Before SCHAFER, LEE, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection of claims 1-2, 4-9, 11-16, and 18-25. Claims 3, 10, and
17 are said to be allowable if rewritten in independent form.1
Thus, only claims 1-2, 4-9, 11-16, and 18-25 are before us on this
appeal.
REPRESENTATIVE CLAIM
The appellant has indicated (Brief, page 4) that, for the
purposes of this appeal, claims 1-7 will stand or fall together,
1 Although a rejection appears to be repeated and applied to these claims, the
examiner has stated them to be allowable (Examiner’s Answer, page 2). We shall
therefore direct no analysis towards these claims other than to observe that the
rejection should have been updated to reflect the allowable claims.
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