Ex parte THOMAS G. FELDPAUSCH 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                    was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                                        
                    binding precedent of the Board.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 THOMAS G. FELDPAUSCH                                                                                      
                                                                and CARL V. FORSLUND                                                                                       
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                                                                   Appeal No. 97-4240                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/294,0741                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before CALVERT, MEISTER and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent                                                                                           
                    Judges.                                                                                                                                                
                    MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                  

                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 4-                                                                                   
                    12, 22-26, 28 and 30.  Claims 13-20, 27 and 31, the only other                                                                                         
                    claims remaining in the application, have been indicated as being                                                                                      
                    allowable subject to the requirement that they be rewritten to                                                                                         


                              1Application for patent filed August 22, 1994.  According                                                                                    
                    to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                                           
                    Application 08/063,463, filed May 18, 1993.                                                                                                            
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