Ex parte SHIFFERAW - 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 TESSEMA D. SHIFFERAW                                                                         
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-2771                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/428,8631                                                                          
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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 through 20, all the claims pending in                                                                            

                 the application.  In the examiner’s answer, page 14, it is                                                                             



                          1Application for patent filed April 25, 1995.  According to appellant, the                                                    
                 application is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/088,191, filed                                                                 
                 July 6, 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/912,552,                                                
                 filed July 13, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,277,675, issued                                                                             
                 January 11, 1994.                                                                                                                      
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