Ex parte LANTZ 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                   Ex parte JOANNE M. LANTZ, DAVID L. ZENKER, THOMAS H. ROESSLER,                                                             
                   ROB D. EVERETT, LYNN C. BRUD, BARBARA A. GOSSEN, ERIC M. JOHNS                                                             
                                                   and CYNTHIA H. NORDNESS                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-2963                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/284,7281                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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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 to 13, 15 to 19 and 21 to 27, which are all                                                             
                of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                    



                         1Application for patent filed August 2, 1994.  According to                                                          
                the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                No. 08/053,531, filed May 3, 1993, now abandoned.                                                                             





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