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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MARTY FRANK SCHUMANN, KARL WISPEINTNER and THOMAS WOLF
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Appeal No. 2003-0257
Application 09/472,054
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4
and 14-17. Claim 9 stands objected to as being dependent from a
rejected base claim but allowable if rewritten in independent
form. Claims 3, 5-8 and 10-13 have been withdrawn from
consideration by the examiner as being directed toward a
nonelected invention.
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