The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte CURTIS S. EIDE,
WILLIAM A. THOMPSON
and
JAMES L. NAYLOR
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Appeal No. 2002-2238
Application No. 09/107,768
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ON BRIEF
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Before LEE, TIERNEY, 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 1-30, which are all of the pending claims of
this application.
REPRESENTATIVE CLAIMS
As noted by the examiner, the appellants have argued the
claims in multiple groups. However, as all rejections are
reversed, we shall focus our discussion on the independent claims.
The independent claims read as reproduced below:
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