Ex parte HOFFMAN - 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 KENNETH S. HOFFMAN                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-0059                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/540,5481                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1-5 and 7-10, which at that point                                                                             




                          1Application for patent filed October 6, 1995.                                                                                
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