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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ERNIE L. DEACON
and
FARIS W. McMULLIN
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Appeal No. 2003-1272
Application No. 10/039,3381
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, FRANKFORT, NASE, BAHR and MacDONALD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection (mailed
September 24, 2002) of claims 18 to 34, which are all of the claims pending in this
application.
1Filed October 29, 2001. According to the appellants, the application is a
continuation of Application No. 08/149,193, filed November 8, 1993, now U.S. Patent
No. 6,354,021, which in turn was a continuation of Application No. 07/872,819, filed
April 24, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,259,129.
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