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is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ELIZABETH COUNTRYMAN, TIMOTHY J. LORELLO,
MARK TITUS AND DARA UNG
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Appeal No. 2003-0330
Application No. 09/533,805
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, JERRY SMITH and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-38, which
constituted all the claims in the application. A first amendment
after final rejection was filed on January 9, 2002 and was
entered by the examiner. This amendment cancelled claims 3, 15,
24 and 33. A second amendment after final rejection was filed on
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