The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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 FRANK A. SOMMERFELDT
and JAMES B. JORNLIN
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Appeal No. 1997-3264
Application 08/501,769
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-7. Claim 8, which is the only other claim remaining
in the application, has been objected to as being dependent
upon a rejected base claim, but the examiner states that this
claim would be allowable if rewritten in independent form
including all of the limitations of the base claim and any
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