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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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
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Ex parte EDWARD S. MISZCZAK and MILENA KRILIC-ANDAN
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Appeal No. 2005-1378
Application No. 09/227,242
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, OWENS, and WALTZ, 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 1, 3, 5, 8 and 11.1 Claims 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 through 20 were
objected to as being dependent on a rejected base claim, but indicated to be allowable “if
rewritten in independent form, including all of the limitations of the base claim and any
1 The examiner has withdrawn the Section 112 rejection of claims 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 23, 24, 26 and
27 set forth in the Office action dated April 8, 2003. See the Answer, page 3. Thus, these claims are no
longer subject of this appeal.
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