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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JEFF PINK
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Appeal No. 2004-1246
Application No. 09/960,948
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HEARD: July 15, 2004
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Before COHEN, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-19, all the claims pending in the
application. Upon further consideration, the examiner has
withdrawn the rejection as to dependent claims 4, 7, 9, 11, 15 and
18, and indicated that these claims would be allowable if rewritten
in independent form to include all of the limitations of the base
claim and any intervening claim (answer, page 2). Accordingly, the
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