Ex parte HOFMEISTER - 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                 for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 CHRISTOPHER A. HOFMEISTER                                                         
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                                                   Appeal No. 1999-0282                                                            
                                              Application No. 08/716,9951                                                          
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                                                            ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before COHEN, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                     
               NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                  



                                                     DECISION ON APPEAL                                                            
                       This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                      
               rejection of claims 1 through 22, which are all of the claims                                                       
               pending in this application.2                                                                                       


                       We REVERSE.                                                                                                 

                       1Application for patent filed September 20, 1996.                                                           
                       2Claim 17 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                                    





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