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not written for publication and is not binding precedent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. 17
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 D. BIRDSLEY,
MICHAEL R. BRUCE, RAMA R. GORUGANTHU,
BRENNAN V. DAVIS, and ROSALINDA M. RING
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Appeal No. 2004-0648
Application 09/379,047
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, KRATZ, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAWLIKOWSKI, 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 1, 2, 3, and 24. A copy of
these claims is set forth in the attached appendix.
Claims 1-3 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(e) as
being anticipated by Winer.
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