Ex parte OPENCHOWSKI 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 RICHARD A. OPENCHOWSKI, SCOTT A. BEATTY,                           
          ANDREAS M. HAAS, KENNETH F. PACKER and JITEN V. SHAH                        
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0368                                  
                               Application 08/636,033                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, 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 claim 1.  Claims 2-20, the only other claims                   
          remaining in the application, have been allowed.  Two                       
          amendments filed subsequent to the final rejection have been                
          submitted, however, neither has been entered.                               


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