Ex parte KIEFABER et al. - 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                           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 DREW E. KIEFABER and JEFFREY R. RUMMLER                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-0742                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/427,7751                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before LYDDANE, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                  
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1 through                                                          
                21, all of the claims pending in the application.                                                                             
                         The invention relates to “an apparatus for preventing                                                                
                condensation in machines processing web-like material”                                                                        
                (specification, page 1).  Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as                                                                

                         1Application for patent filed April 25, 1995.                                                                        
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