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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 SCOTT J. TUMAN, DAVID L. SEIDEL and LEON LEVITT
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Appeal No. 2005-1988
Application 09/822,651
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, WALTZ, and FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 21-48 and 50-70. Claims 1-20 and 49 have
been canceled.
Claims 21, 40, 48 and 56 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal, and a copy of these claims is appended to this
decision.
The examiner relies on the following references as evidence
of unpatentability:
Allen et al. (Allen) 5,547,531 Aug. 20, 1996
Thomas 5,586,371 Dec. 24, 1996
Murasaki 5,643,651 Jul. 01, 1997
Wessels et al. (Wessels) 5,669,120 Sep. 23, 1997
Shepard et al. (Shepard) 6,205,623 Mar. 27, 2001
(filed Nov. 6, 1998)
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