Ex parte WITT 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                            
                                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                   
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                                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                   
                                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                   
                                                                           ____________                                                                                   
                                                               Ex parte JEROME M. WITT,                                                                                   
                                                                  BENJAMIN R. GROESER,                                                                                    
                                                                   and MORSE L. ROBERTS                                                                                   
                                                                           ____________                                                                                   
                                                                   Appeal No. 1998-1431                                                                                   
                                                            Application No. 08/665,1621                                                                                   
                                                                           ____________                                                                                   
                                                                               ON BRIEF                                                                                   
                                                                           ____________                                                                                   
                    Before CALVERT, MEISTER, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                                          
                    Judges.                                                                                                                                               
                    CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                



                                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                   
                              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                                      
                    rejection of claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20,                                                                                        
                    which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                              
                    Claims 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17 and 18 have been canceled.                                                                                           


                              1Application for patent filed June 14, 1996.                                                                                                





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