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                     journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                                            

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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 ALAN N. SCHWARTZ                                                                                           
                                                                      and THOMAS D. THEISEN                                                                                            
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                                                                            Appeal No. 98-2031                                                                                         
                                                                         Application 08/794,1541                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before FRANKFORT, STAAB and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                   

                     FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             


                                This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 2, 37, 38, 40, 41,                                                       

                     50 and 58 through 65, which are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 3 through 36, 39,                                                         



                                1Application for patent filed February 3, 1997.  According to appellants, this Application is a                                                        
                     continuation of Application 08/377,257, filed January 23, 1995.                                                                                                   
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