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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the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. 13
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GREGORY J. RAJALA, GERALD L. RABE,
PAUL M. NIEMI and DONALD J. HOLEWINSKI
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Appeal No. 97-3065
Application No. 08/452,7471
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ON BRIEF
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Before MEISTER, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent
Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 68, 70, 71, 73 to 76, 79, 83 and 96 to 98,
which are all of the claims pending in this application.2
1Application for patent filed May 30, 1995. According to
the appellants, the application is a division of Application
No. 08/382,109, filed January 31, 1995, now U.S. Patent No.
5,552,007.
2Independent claim 68 and dependent claim 70 were amended
subsequent to the final rejection. As a result of those
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