Ex parte VANGOMPEL 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                   
                          binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                            

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                  Ex parte PAUL T. VANGOMPEL, GEORGIA L. ZEHNER,                                                                        
                                           THOMAS H. ROESSLER and YUNG H. HUANG                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 98-1314                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/421,6401                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before MEISTER, PATE and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                                                                       
                 2, 4, 6-15, 17-22 and 25-41.  Claims 5 and 24, the only other                                                                          
                 claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from                                                                              


                          1Application for patent filed April 13, 1995.                                                                                 





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