The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 DENNIS M. FUTO AND JEFFREY S. PLANTZ
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Appeal No. 1999-1165
Application No. 08/753,174
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ON BRIEF
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Before ABRAMS, STAAB, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.
ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 7-
11, 15-18, 20 and 21, which are all of the claims pending in this application.1
We REVERSE.
1Claim 20 was amended after the final rejection, which overcame a rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph (see Papers No. 7 and 8).
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