Ex parte ETTER 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                                                  not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16              
                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                    
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                          
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                           Ex parte STEFAN ETTER, BEAT STULZ, THOMAS NIETLISPACH,                                             
                                      CHRISTIAN GILLIERON and CHRISTIAN MOY                                                   
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                                                    Appeal No. 1999-0709                                                      
                                                  Application No. 08/400,335                                                  
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                            
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              Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                 
              BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                              




                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                         
                      This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 15-23.  Claims               
              1-14 and 24-86, the only other claims pending in this application, stand withdrawn from further                 
              consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a non-elected invention.                             











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