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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.
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 S. BOULINEAU
and THOMAS J. MORAVEC
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Appeal No. 2004-0676
Application No. 09/562,686
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, TIMM, and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
examiner’s final rejection of claims 27 through 37, which are all
of the claims pending in the above-identified application.1
1 The appellants inadvertently stated in their Brief that
“[t]his is an appeal from the Office action mailed on September
4, 2002 finally rejecting claims 27-36, all of the claims in the
Application.” The Notice of Appeal entered May 19, 2003 clearly
indicated that the appellants appeal “from the last decision of
the examiner” and that the last decision of the examiner involved
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