Ex parte RICHARDSON 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                Ex parte CHARLES S. RICHARDSON                                                                          
                                                           and ARNOLD S. LIPPA                                                                          
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                                                          Appeal No. 1998-0640                                                                          
                                                       Application 08/212,5711                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before URYNOWICZ, KRASS and LALL, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                

                 Decision on Appeal                                                                                                                     
                 This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-11, all                                                                            
                 the claims pending in the application.                                                                                                 
                 The invention pertains to a hearing aid.  Claim 1 is                                                                                   
                 illustrative and reads as follows:                                                                                                     
                 A hearing aid apparatus for receiving and transmitting to the                                                                          
                 human sensory system an audio frequency signal for enabling human                                                                      


                          1    Application for patent filed March 16, 1994.                                                                             
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