Ex parte KOSHAK - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 37                        
                                         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 W. KOSHAK                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0220                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/540,323                                                                        
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                                                           HEARD:  March 6, 2000                                                                        
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                 Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is an appeal from the refusal of the examiner to                                                                         
                 allow claims 1 to 4, 6 to 12, 21 and 27 to 30, as amended                                                                              
                 subsequent to the final rejection.   These claims constitute 1                                                                         
                 all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                         


                          We AFFIRM.                                                                                                                    

                          1While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment                                                                       
                 after final rejection (Paper No. 12, filed April 15, 1997), we                                                                         
                 note that this amendment has not been clerically entered.                                                                              





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