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written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GUNTHER HANTSCHK,
GUNTER FRANK and
BERND MAIER
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Appeal No. 1998-0106
Application No. 08/377,753
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ON BRIEF
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Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and
ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner=s
final rejection of claims 15 through 29.1 In his corrected
answer (Paper No. 17 mailed October 12, 1999), the examiner
has indicated on page 6 that claims 19, 23, 25 and 27-29
are considered to be allowable subject to being rewritten
in independent form. Accordingly, the only issue remaining
1 Claim 15 has been amended subsequent to the final rejection. See Paper
No. 8 filed December 3, 1996.
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