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not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte WILLIAM M. HEYN
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Appeal No. 1997-1285
Application No. 08/307,1531
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, WARREN, and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIMM, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection of claims
20 and 26 through 37, which are all of the claims pending in this application . 2
1 Application filed September 16, 1994. This application is a division of 08/135,655 filed
October 14, 1993, which is a continuation of 07/741,235, filed August 5, 1991, which is a continuation
of 07/451,811, filed December 18, 1989.
2The brief at page 2 states that claims 1 and 22-25 have been withdrawn from consideration
and that claims 2-18, 19 and 21 have been canceled. However, claims 1 and 22-25 have also been
canceled. See the amendment filed September 7, 1995 (paper no. 6).
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