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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HUTTON W. THELLER
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Appeal No. 97-2451
Application No. 08/260,6351
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, MEISTER, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection
of claims 1 and 2. Claims 9, 10 and 16 have been allowed.
Claims 3 to 8 and 13 to 15 have been objected to as depending
from a non-allowed claim. Claims 11 and 12 have been canceled.
We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b).
1Application for patent filed June 16, 1994. According to
the appellant, the application is a continuation of Application
No. 07/980,853, filed November 24, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.
5,331,858.
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