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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DONNA L. SIEMERS
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Appeal No. 1998-2849
Application No. 08/584,1581
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, MEISTER, 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 35 through 74, which are all of the claims
pending in this application.2
1Application for patent filed January 11, 1996.
According to the appellant, the application is a continuation
of Application No. 08/176,802, filed January 3, 1994, now
abandoned.
2We note that the appellant has requested an oral hearing
(part of Paper No. 23, filed May 11, 1998), but under the
circumstances a hearing is not considered necessary. See 37
CFR § 1.194(c), last sentence, as amended effective Dec. 1,
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