Ex parte PAUL A. HUMMEL - Page 1




                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                
                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
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                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte PAUL A. HUMMEL                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-2653                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/395,6811                                                                   
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                                                   HEARD: October 17, 1997                                                                    
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                Before COHEN, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                               
                rejection of claims 1 and 2, which are all of the claims pending                                                              
                in this application.                                                                                                          


                         We REVERSE.                                                                                                          

                         1Application for patent filed February 28, 1995.  According                                                          
                to the appellant, the application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                
                Application No. 08/199,559, filed February 22, 1994, which is now                                                             
                abandoned.                                                                                                                    





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