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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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. 11
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte MICHAEL J. O’BRIEN, GEORGE C. YANG
and MICHAEL COLLINS
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Appeal No. 2003-1723
Application 09/849,705
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 8, all of the claims pending in
this application. On page 2 of the answer, the examiner
indicates that claims 4 through 6 are now “objected to as being
dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if
rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of
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