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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JAMES C. CATES
and STEVEN TRABERT
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Appeal No. 2004-0530
Application No. 09/696,557
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ON BRIEF
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Before HARISTON, PAK and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Appellants appeal the Examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 19, all of the
pending claims in the application.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.
1 In rendering our decision, we have considered Appellants’ arguments presented in the Brief,
filed June 10, 2003 and the Reply Brief, filed September 25, 2003.
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