Ex parte HONECK et al. - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRIAN S. HONECK and COLIN R. SMIDSTRA                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-2032                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/661,3031                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before COHEN, NASE, and GONZALES, 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 5, 8, 9, 11 to 19, 21 to 26, 28 to 33                                                                         
                 and 35 to 39.   Claims 6, 7, 10, 20, 27 and 34, the remaining2                                                                                                              




                          1Application for patent filed June 13, 1996.                                                                                  
                          2While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment                                                                       
                 after final rejection to claims 2 and 22 (Paper No. 9, filed                                                                           
                 September 21, 1998), we note that this amendment has not been                                                                          
                 clerically entered.                                                                                                                    




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