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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DELWIN JACKSON and LELAND G. CLOSE
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Appeal No. 2005-1438
Application No. 10/027,433
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, DELMENDO and JEFFREY T. SMITH, 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 refusal to allow claims 1 through 5, 8 and
13 through 17, which are all of the claims pending in the above-
identified application.
According to appellants (Brief, page 3), “all of the claims
stand together.” Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we
select claim 1 from all of the claims on appeal and decide the
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