The opinion in support of the decision being entered today
is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GEORGE E. MCKEDY, LOUIS PATRONE,
THOMAS H. POWERS and PAUL A. RIEMENSCHNEIDER
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Appeal 2007-1853
Application 10/987,347
Technology Center 1700
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Decided: September 6, 2007
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Before CHUNG K. PAK, JEFFREY T. SMITH, and
LINDA M. GAUDETTE, 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 14, 18, 22, 26, 27, 31, 32, 36,
and 37. Claims 15 through 17, 19 through 21, 23 through 25, 28 through 30,
33 through 35, and 38 through 40, the other claims pending in the above-
identified application, stand “objected to as being dependent upon a rejected
base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form
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