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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the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 DAVID L. LEE and AMAR N. NEOGI
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Appeal No. 2004-1206
Application No. 09/826,473
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS, and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the primary examiner’s
refusal to allow claims 16 through 26 as amended subsequent to
the final rejection (see the amendment dated Apr. 18, 2003, Paper
No. 9, entered as per the Advisory Action dated May 6, 2003,
Paper No. 12, with the examiner indicating that the rejections
under section 112, ¶1 and ¶2, have been overcome as well as all
rejections based on Hein III et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,542,529;
see the Brief, page 2). Claims 1-15 are the only other claims
pending in this application and stand withdrawn from
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