Ex parte ENGDAHL 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                                 

                                       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 C. ENGDAHL,                                                                           
                                                              GLENN F. KNOLL                                                                            
                                                         and WILLIAM L. ROGERS                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-3434                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/307,075                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and HECKER, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 21                                                                       
                 and 8 through 13.  In an Amendment After Final (paper number                                                                           
                 8), claim 8 was amended.  Claims 1 and 3 through 7 have been                                                                           

                          1Claim 2 depends from allowed claim 1.                                                                                        
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