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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte BRIAN E. BAKKE, RONALD L. BILLAU,
LEE D. CLEVELAND and WILLIAM S. GARTMANN
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Appeal No. 1999-0261
Application 08/703,496
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ON BRIEF
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Before JERRY SMITH, RUGGIERO and LEVY, Administrative Patent
Judges.
RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal from the final rejection
of claims 1-20, which are all of the claims pending in the
present application. Claim 21 has been canceled. An
amendment filed February 9, 1998 after final rejection was
approved for entry by the Examiner.
The claimed invention relates to a method and apparatus
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