Ex parte STIPPICK - 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN STIPPICK                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1998-2242                                  
                             Application No. 08/430,937                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PATE, GONZALES, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.              
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 3                 
          through 6, 10 and 12 through 18.  These are the only claims                 
          remaining in the application.                                               
               The claimed invention is directed to a method for                      
          supporting a tray in a mass or heat transfer apparatus such as              
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