Ex parte SWISZCZ 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 32                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                    Ex parte PAUL G. SWISZCZ and WENDELL B. COLSON                                                                      
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                                                             Appeal No. 97-0056                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 07/791,1561                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before STAAB, CRAWFORD, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                 BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 57 through 60, which are all of the claims                                                                         
                 pending in this application.2                                                                                                          


                          1Application for patent filed November 13, 1991.                                                                              
                          2Claims 9, 10 and 18 through 40 were canceled in Paper No.                                                                    
                 14, filed January 13, 1994.  Claims 1 and 41 were canceled in                                                                          
                 Paper No. 19, filed December 23, 1994.  Claims 2 through 8, 11                                                                         
                 through 17, 42 through 56, 61 and 62 were canceled in the                                                                              
                 amendment after final rejection filed June 9, 1995, the entry                                                                          
                 of which is acknowledged on page 1 of the examiner's answer.                                                                           





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