Ex Parte Steiner et al - Page 1





                              The opinion in support of the decision being                               
                          entered today is not binding precedent of the board                            
            Paper 14                                                                                     

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                      

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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                        
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                               

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                    Ex parte JOSEPH P. STEINER and GREGORY S. HAMILTON,                                  
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                                          Appeal 2003-1107                                               
                                      Application 09/878,2251                                            
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            Before:  WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent                                 
            Judges, and McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge .                                   


            McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge .                                               


                           Decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                      

                  The appeal is from a decision of a primary examiner                                    

            rejecting claims 37-72.  We affirm.                                                          


                  A.    Findings of fact                                                                 

                  The record supports the following findings by at least a                               

            preponderance of the evidence.  To the extent any finding is a                               

            conclusion of law, the finding may be treated as a conclusion of                             

            law.                                                                                         





            1   Application for patent filed 12 June 2001.  The application is said to                   
            be a division of application 09/089,831, filed 3 June 1998, now U.S. Patent                  
            6,274,602 issued 14 August 2001.  The real party in interest is said to be                   
            GPI NIL Holdings, Inc. (Appeal Brief, Paper 11, page 1).                                     







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