The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte HANS-GERD ECKEL and ANJA KUNKEL
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Appeal No. 1999-0527
Application No. 08/801,837
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, COHEN, and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.
COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1 through 9, all of the claims in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a seal arrangement for a
shaft end. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in
the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 9).
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