Ex parte BERTHOLD 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN W. BERTHOLD and LARRY A. JEFFERS                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-1524                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/355,9261                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before McQUADE, NASE, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6 through 11 and 14, which are                                                                            
                 all of the claims pending in this application.2                                                                                        



                          1Application for patent filed December 14, 1994.                                                                              
                          2Claims 1 and 11 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                         
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             





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