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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFFREY A. HUBBELL, MARCUS TEXTOR,
DONALD L. ELBERT, STEPHANIE FINKEN,
ROLF HOFER, NICHOLAS D. SPENCER, and
LAURENCE RUIZ-TAYLOR
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Appeal No. 2003-1783
Application No. 09/560,472
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HEARD: January 8, 2004
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Before SCHEINER, MILLS and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. §134 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 5-6, 8-10, 12-18, 20-23, 61 and 64-66, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.
Claims 5, 13, 15 and 20 are illustrative of the claims on appeal and read as set
forth below:
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