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                 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                        (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 VINCENT M. S. HUANG                              
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                                Appeal No. 2000-1337                                  
                               Application 08/955,002                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                  
          McQUADE and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.                         
          McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Vincent M. S. Huang appeals from the final rejection of                
          claims 1 through 13, all of the claims pending in the                       
          application.  We reverse.                                                   
               The invention relates to a sealed cooktop burner.  Claim               
          1 is illustrative and reads as follows:                                     
               1.  A burner for a sealed cooktop comprising:                          
                    a burner head including a chamber enclosed by a                   
               peripheral wall, the peripheral wall including a                       
               plurality of burner ports communicating between said                   





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