Ex parte SCHUMACHER - 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           for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                             Ex parte  DEAN P. SCHUMACHER                             
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                                  Appeal No. 99-0629                                  
                              Application No. 08/778,0591                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before NASE, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 17 through 27.  Claims 1 through 13, 15                 
          and 16, the only other claims still pending in this                         







               1Application filed November 1, 1996, for reissue of U.S. Patent No.    
          5,359,985 (Application No. 08/027,623, filed March 8, 1993).                
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