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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent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. 17
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte ARNOLD S. LIPPA and JAMES A. NUNLEY
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Appeal No. 98-0659
Application 08/264,527
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, FLEMING, and RUGGIERO, Administrative
Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 and 10-15. The Examiner has allowed claims 2-5
and objected to claims 6-9.
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for
treating a patient for symptoms caused by tinnitus through
masking the tinnitus by ultrasonic frequency signals
(specification, page 1, lines 1-6 and 24-27). In one
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