Ex parte LIEPOLD 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36                                                   

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                     Ex parte AUGUST LIEPOLD, BERND SCHOLTYSIK,                                                                         
                                                  HARTMUT THIELE and JOSE TORAL                                                                         
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-1938                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/570,1961                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                          
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          1Application for patent filed December 11, 1995.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, the application is a continuation of                                                                          
                 Application 08/121,433, filed September 16, 1993, now                                                                                  
                 abandoned, which is a division of Application 07/835,833,                                                                              
                 filed February 18, 1992, now U. S. Patent No. 5,257,749,                                                                               
                 issued November 2, 1993.                                                                                                               
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