Ex parte NISKANEN 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 TOIVO NISKANEN and KARI PELTONEN                                                                        
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-1598                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/456,6991                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                                                                           
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                                                      



                          1Application for patent filed June 1, 1995.  According                                                                        
                 to appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                                            
                 08/182,036, filed January 14, 1994, now U. S. Patent No.                                                                               
                 5,462,585, issued October 31, 1995.                                                                                                    
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