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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HAROLD W. BENEDICT, DIANA D. ZIMNY
and DONNA W. BANGE
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Appeal No. 1998-2614
Application No. 08/731,713
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WALTZ, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.
PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 34 through 50 and
52 through 58, which are all of the claims pending in the
above-identified application. 1
1Appellants have not identified related Application
08/733,706, Appeal No. 98-2546, in their Brief under the
heading “RELATED APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES”. In spite of the
similarity between the inventions and issues involved in the
present appeal and the appeal in related Application
08/733,706, appellants assert that “[t]here are no appeals or
interferences known to Appellant’s Representatives which will
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