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not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DIETRICH GRAVENSTEIN, NIKOLAUS GRAVENSTEIN,
RICHARD J. MELKER, SAMSUN LAMPOTANG and ANWER SULTAN
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Appeal No. 1999-0283
Application No. 08/451,811
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ON BRIEF1
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Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.
BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 17-19, which
are all of the claims pending in this application.2
1This appeal was set to be heard on April 7, 2000. However, as the appellants elected not to appear,
thereby waiving the oral hearing, the appeal is decided on brief.
2We note that the preliminary amendment canceling claims 1-16 included on page 2 of the "REQUEST
FOR APPLICATION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.60" filed May 26, 1995 has not been clerically entered, although the
examiner acknowledges (Paper No. 2, examiner's action summary sheet) that claims 1-16 have been canceled. The
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