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           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                    publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29        
                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                   
                                   ____________                                  
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                      
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                
                                   ____________                                  
                              Ex parte MANFRED SCHMIDT                           
                                   ____________                                  
                               Appeal No. 2000-1712                              
                             Application No. 08/624,091                          
                                   ____________                                  
                               HEARD:  May 22, 2001                              
                                   ____________                                  
         Before CALVERT, COHEN and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.           
         BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      



                                DECISION ON APPEAL                               
              This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal           
         to allow claim 17, the only claim pending in this application.          
         Claim 17 was amended subsequent to the final rejection (see             
         Paper Nos. 13 and 14).1                                                 



              The examiner has withdrawn the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first1                                                                 
         paragraph, set forth in the final rejection and, in light of the amendment of
         Paper No. 13, is no longer relying on the teachings of the Melton patent in
         rejecting the claim under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) (answer, p. 2).            
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