Ex parte HONIGSBAUM - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD F. HONIGSBAUM                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0347                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/804,6351                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before ABRAMS, STAAB, 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 1 to 4 and 8 to 19, which are all of the                                                                           
                 claims pending in this application.2                                                                                                   

                          1Application for patent filed February 25, 1997.                                                                              
                          2We note that claim 19 was not included in any rejection                                                                      
                 set forth in the examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed                                                                               
                 August 14, 1998) and that claims 1, 4 and 17 were amended                                                                              
                 subsequent to the final rejection (Paper No. 7, mailed                                                                                 
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