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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CARL MEYER, ANTHONY N. HOEBER, ERIK A. KAY
and STEPHEN W. BARTLETT
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Appeal No. 2002-2174
Application No. 09/263,166
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, LEVY, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
LEVY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner's final rejection of claims 1-28, 30-32 and 34-102.
Claims 29 and 33 were indicated as allowable by the examiner
(final rejection, page 4). In addition, the examiner states
(answer, page 2) that the rejection of claims 61, 62, 70, 74 and
92 has been withdrawn. An amendment filed subsequent to the
final rejection (Paper No. 10, filed August 10, 2001) was denied
entry by the examiner (Paper No. 11, mailed August 29, 2001).
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