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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JON C. SCHAEFFER,
RUSSELL L. MCCARRON and DENNIS M. GRAY
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Appeal No. 1998-2295
Application No. 08/435,902
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ON BRIEF
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Before WALTZ, LIEBERMAN and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
Applicants appeal the decision of the Primary Examiner finally rejecting
claims 1 to 4, 6 to 13 and 15 to 20.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 134.
1 The Examiner has indicated that the subject matter of claim 21 was allowable.
However the claim has been objected to as depending on a rejected claim. (Final Rejection, p. 7).
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