Ex parte BERLIN 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                  Ex parte BARBARA ROSS BERLIN and DAVID W. BERLIN                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1997-1436                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/419,1741                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF2                                                                         
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                 Before CALVERT, MEISTER, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                       
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 13 and 14, which are all of the claims                                                                             
                 pending in this application.3                                                                                                          


                          1Application for patent filed April 10, 1995.                                                                                 
                          2On June 1, 1999, the appellants filed a request (Paper                                                                       
                 No. 21) to cancel the oral hearing scheduled for June 7, 1999.                                                                         
                 Such request has been granted.                                                                                                         
                          3Claims 13 and 14 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                        
                 rejection.  While the examiner has approved entry of the                                                                               
                                                                                                            (continued...)                              




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