Ex Parte WARSHAWSKY et al - Page 1



                       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                              for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31             



                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                         
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                           
                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                
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                                 Ex parte ALAN M. WARSHAWSKY and                                       
                                         MICHAEL J. JANUSZ                                             
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                                        Appeal No.  2003-1245                                          
                                       Application No. 09/467,292                                      
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                                              ON BRIEF1                                                
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            Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
            WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                      
                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                             
                  This appeal was taken from the examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1 through        
            13.  Claim 18, which is the only other claim remaining in the application, stands allowed. 
                  A copy of the claims on appeal appears in Exhibit A attached to applicants’          
            Appeal Brief.                                                                              
                  The references relied on by the examiner are:                                        


                  1   The oral hearing, originally scheduled February 17, 2004, has been vacated.      
            See Paper No. 30.                                                                          





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