Ex Parte Abbas et al - Page 1



          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             
          Board.                                                                      

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                             Ex parte FREDERICK M. ABBAS                              
                                         and                                          
                                  GREG ALLEN ABBAS                                    
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2005-0944                                  
                             Application No. 09/941,377                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before OWENS, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.            
          DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                  
          (2004) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through              
          14 and 16 through 20 in the above-identified application.                   
          Claims 15 and 21 through 25, the only other pending claims,                 
          appear to have been allowed.1                                               

                                                                                     
               1  Claims 21-25 were first submitted for examination as part           
          of a 37 CFR § 1.116 (2004)(effective Feb. 5, 2001) amendment                
          filed on Jun. 7, 2004.  It appears that the examiner has entered            




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