Ex parte HOFMANN - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                      Ex parte GUNTER A. HOFMANN                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-2539                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/328,895                                                                        
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before COHEN, NASE, and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection (Paper No. 18, mailed March 27, 1998) of claims 1 to                                                                         
                 3 and 5 to 22, which are all of the claims pending in this                                                                             
                 application.1                                                                                                                          




                          1Claims 1, 13 and 20 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                     
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             





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