Ex parte PY - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                             Ex parte DANIEL PY                                                                         
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                                                             Appeal No. 99-0184                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/567,5101                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, 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 9 through 15.  Claims 1 through 8, the                                                                             
                 other claims pending in this application, have been allowed.2                                                                          

                          1Application filed December 5, 1995, for reissue of U.S.                                                                      
                 Patent No. 5,267,986 (Application No. 07/863,943, filed April                                                                          
                 6, 1992).                                                                                                                              
                          2It appears to us that claims 2 and 3 should be made to                                                                       
                 be dependent on claim 6 to provide antecedent basis for "the                                                                           
                 finger."                                                                                                                               





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