The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 27
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RALPH NIVEN and COLIN G. PITT
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Appeal No. 1996-3791
Application 08/028,0871
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, SPIEGEL and SCHEINER, Administrative Patent Judges.
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims
29 through 33 and 46 through 55.2 Claims 1 through 28, the only other claims pending
in the application, have been withdrawn from further consideration under
1 Application for patent filed March 8, 1993.
2 Appellants submitted a corrected appendix of the appealed claims as an attachment to the reply
brief filed January 29, 1996. This corrected appendix includes claims 53-55 which were erroneously omitted in
the brief. The examiner noted in his supplemental answer entered May 15, 1996 that these claims were
treated on the merits.
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