Ex parte KLOSTER - 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 FRIEDER KLOSTER                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0122                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/096,5811                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before HAIRSTON, TORCZON and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                                                
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                               
                through 7.  In an Amendment After Final (paper number 12), claims                                                             
                1 and 3 through 7 were amended.  After entry of the amendment,                                                                
                the examiner allowed claims 6 and 7, and objected to claims 3 and                                                             
                4 as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but explained                                                                
                that these claims would be allowable if rewritten in independent                                                              
                form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any                                                               


                         1Application for patent filed July 21, 1993.                                                                         





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