Ex parte RISSE - 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                    Ex parte JOHN T. RISSE                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-0040                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/303,0651                                                                   
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                                                   HEARD:  February 2, 1998                                                                   
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                Before CALVERT, MEISTER and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                   
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to                                                            
                20, 22 to 27 and 29.  Claim 21 has been cancelled, and claim 28                                                               
                is indicated as allowable, if written in independent form .                                    2                              


                         1Application for patent filed September 8, 1994.                                                                     
                         2On page 3 of the final rejection (Paper No. 8), the                                                                 
                examiner stated that claim 28 also should be rewritten to                                                                     
                overcome the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, but claim 28 was                                                                
                not rejected on that, or any other, ground.                                                                                   
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