Ex parte GESSE - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                       Ex parte THERESA C. GESSE                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1998-3296                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/681,8571                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before MEISTER, FRANKFORT, 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 2, 5 through 8, 11 and 12.  Claim 13 has                                                                           
                 been withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as                                                                           




                          1Application for patent filed July 29, 1996.  According                                                                       
                 to the request for filing a patent application under 37 CFR §                                                                          
                 1.60 (Paper No. 2, filed July 29, 1996), the application is a                                                                          
                 continuation of Application No. 08/394,498, filed February 27,                                                                         
                 1995, now U.S. Patent No. 5,539,939.                                                                                                   




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