Ex parte RIGNEY - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
          The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was              
          not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding             
          precedent of the Board.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 JAN J. RIGNEY                                 
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                                Appeal No. 1999-0969                                  
                             Application No. 08/790,501                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judges,                     
          GONZALES, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judges.                        
          LAZARUS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       




                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 3, 6-9 and 13.  Claims 2, 4, 5, 10-12                
          and 14-15, the other claims in this application, have been                  
          indicated as allowable, subject to being rewritten in                       
          independent form (answer, page 3).                                          








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