Ex parte CARIC 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                             Ex parte DRAZEN S. CARIC,                                
                                   HERMANN JORDAN                                     
                              and WOLFGANG J. OBERMANN                                
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-0180                                  
                             Application No. 08/629,260                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 2-5, 14-19 and 21.  Claims 6-13 and 20,                 
          the only other claims pending in the application, have been                 
          withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as               

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