Ex parte KRONENTHAL et al. - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 25                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                             Ex parte RICHARD L. KRONENTHAL, ARTHUR A. GERTZMAN                                                               
                                                   and DOUGLAS R. VALENTINE                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-0774                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/121,5251                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
                                                         ________________                                                                     
                Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and ABRAMS                                                             
                and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                       
                McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s                                                                  
                rejection of claims 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 18, 26, 29 and 45 under                                                                  
                35 U.S.C. § 103.  The only other claims still pending in the                                                                  
                application have been withdrawn from consideration as being                                                                   
                directed to a non-elected invention.                                                                                          




                         1   Application for patent filed September 16, 1993.                                                                 
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