Ex parte WETTLING - 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte THOMAS WETTLING                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-2074                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/170,9851                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and ELLIS, Administrative Patent                                                                    
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    

                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3 and                                                           
                4, the only claims pending in the application.                                                                                
                         As a preliminary matter we note the statement on p. 3 of the                                                         
                appellant’s Brief that the claims stand or fall together.  37 CFR                                                             

                         1Application for patent filed December 21, 1993.  According                                                          
                to the appellant, this application is a division of Application                                                               
                07/996,311, filed December 23, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                           
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