Ex parte BERENDS 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          not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
                                                            Paper No. 21              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                     Ex parte JAN BERENDS and JURJEN J. DE JONG                       
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0195                                  
                               Application 08/507,424                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, PATE, and STAAB, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1-8 and 14-16.  Claims 9-13, the only                   
          other claims currently pending in the application, stand                    

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