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                                    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                   for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                      
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                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                                     Ex parte THOMAS E. WITTMAN                                                                         
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                                                            Appeal No. 98-1531                                                                          
                                                     Application No. 08/371,5111                                                                        
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                          


                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1-10, which constitute all of the                                                                             
                 claims of record in the application.                                                                                                   
                          The appellant's invention is directed to a seat assembly                                                                      
                 for limiting forward excursion of the head of a forward-facing                                                                         

                          1Application for patent filed January 11, 1995.                                                                               





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