Ex parte OBERG et al. - Page 1




                                        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                                                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 45                       
                                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                
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                                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                
                                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                 
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                                             Ex parte SVEN E. OBERG and DAVID P. MITCHELL                                                                           
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                                                                   Appeal No. 2000-2061                                                                             
                                                                Application No. 08/463,843                                                                          
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                                                                HEARD: MARCH 21, 2001                                                                               
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                   Before COHEN, ABRAMS, and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                   
                   ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                             




                                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                


                            This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 15-27, 29-                                                   
                   34, 39-43, 46, 47 and 49-52, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1                                                           


                            We REVERSE.                                                                                                                             



                            1Claims 41, 50, 51 and 52 were amended after the final rejection to overcome                                                            
                   issues under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.                                                                                                  





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