Ex parte RITZ - 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              written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                                           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. 37                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                                Ex parte TERRY G. RITZ                                                    
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                                                 Appeal No. 1996-3541                                                     
                                                Application 08/275,307                                                    
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before THOMAS, FLEMING and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             

              THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     The above-captioned panel only recently received again this appeal for decision                      
              following the remand to the examiner on November 9, 1999.  Pending appealed claims                          
              remain as 1 through 21 and 23 through 35, which constitute all the claims in the                            
              application.                                                                                                
                     Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                                                          




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