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not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 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 ALFRED HENNEMANN
and MANFRED KIESER
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Appeal No. 1998-3320
Application 08/417,017
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ON BRIEF
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Before WARREN, OWENS and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claims 1-20, which are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants’ claimed invention is directed toward a
surface modified pigment. Claims 1 and 13 are illustrative:
1. A surface-modified pigment comprising a conductive
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