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was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of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. 31
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GREGORY BREYTA, NICHOLAS J. CLECAK,
WILLIAM D. HINSBERG III, DONALD C. HOFER, HIROSHI ITO,
SCOTT A. MACDONALD and RATNAM SOORIYAKUMARAN
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Appeal No. 1997-0548
Application 08/345,290
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ON BRIEF
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Before PAK, WARREN and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.
Decision on Appeal and Opinion
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the decision of the examiner finally rejecting
claims 1 through 19.1 Appellants have withdrawn the appeal of claims 12, 13 and 15 through 17, and
thus we dismiss the appeal with respect to these claims. Claims 20 through 27 are also of record and
have been withdrawn from consideration by the examiner under 37 CFR § 1.142(b). Accordingly,
claims 1 through 11, 14, 18 and 19 are the only claims before us for consideration on appeal.
1 See specification, pages 28-31, and the amendment of March 24, 1994 (application 07/971,140;
Paper No. 11) .
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