Ex parte SIFF - 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36                                          

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                 Ex parte ELLIOTT J. SIFF                                                                                              
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                                                                     Appeal No. 1996-2918                                                                                              
                                                                   Application 08/164,879                                                                                              
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                                                                    HEARD: March 23, 2000                                                                                              
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                     Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and OWENS, Administrative Patent                                                                                                     
                     Judges.                                                                                                                                                           
                     OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                               
                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is an appeal from the examiner’s second rejection of                                                                                              
                     claims 19-21, which are all of the claims remaining in the                                                                                                        
                     application.1                                                                                                                                                     


                                1Claims 20 and 21 were submitted when the present                                                                                                      
                     continuation-in-part application was filed.  However, the                                                                                                         
                     continuation-in-part specification has not been substituted                                                                                                       
                     for the parent case specification, and claims 20 and 21 have                                                                                                      
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