Ex parte HAUSER 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                   Ex parte HANSPETER HAUSER,                                                                           
                                                           WERNER H. GERBER,                                                                            
                                                  ABUL IQBAL and PIERRE MAURER                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-0840                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/159,4051                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before PAK, WALTZ, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                 WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                                            
                          This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                        
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 2 through 9, which are                                                                            
                 the only claims remaining in this application.                                                                                         
                          Appellants’ invention is directed to a method of                                                                              
                 producing forgery-proof colored printed articles which cannot                                                                          



                          1    Application for patent filed November 30, 1993.                                                                          
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