Ex parte WENDEL - 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTOPHER M. WENDEL                                                                         
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-1040                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/388,5731                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before PATE, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                 McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Christopher M. Wendel appeals from the final rejection of                                                                     
                 claims 1 through 9, all of the claims pending in the                                                                                   
                 application.   We reverse.2                                                                                                                
                          The invention relates to "modular furniture of the type                                                                       

                          1Application for patent filed February 14, 1995.                                                                              
                          2Claim 1 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.                                                                      
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