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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19
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 W. GILPATRICK
and
CHARLES E. WILLBANKS
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Appeal No. 2003-2168
Application No. 09/996,010
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, DELMENDO, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
(2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through
16 (final Office action mailed Dec. 4, 2002, paper 7) in the
above-identified application.1 Claims 17 through 36, which are
1 In reply to the final Office action, the appellants
submitted a 37 CFR § 1.116 (2003)(effective Feb. 5, 2001)
amendment on Feb. 11, 2003, proposing a change to claim 1. The
examiner indicated in an advisory action mailed on Mr. 3, 2003
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