Ex parte VAN DER ZAAG 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 15                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                  Ex parte PIETER J. VAN DER ZAAG, KLASS VEGTER,                                                                        
                                  PETRUS H. ANTONIS and PIETER J. VAN DER VALK                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-4196                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/239,0101                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before HAIRSTON, BARRETT and HECKER, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                                        
                 through 7, 10 through 13, 15 through 17, 19 through 25 and 28                                                                          
                 through 30.  Claims 31 and 32 are allowable over the art of                                                                            
                 record, and claims 8, 9, 14, 18, 26 and 27 would be allowable                                                                          
                 if rewritten in independent form including all of the                                                                                  

                          1Application for patent filed May 5, 1994.                                                                                    





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