Ex parte SICKING 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                     Ex parte DEAN L. SICKING and BRIAN G. PFEIFER                                                                      
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                                                             Appeal No. 98-1461                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/335,1531                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before MEISTER, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 17, 19 through 22, 25 and 27.   Claims 1                            2                                              
                 through 5, 18, 23, 24 and 26 have been allowed.  Claims 6                                                                              




                          1Application for patent filed November 7, 1994.                                                                               
                          2Claim 22 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                                                      
                 The examiner has withdrawn the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                                                                                 
                 paragraph, rejection of claim 22.                                                                                                      




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