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publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte KAREN NEWMAN and ROBERT A. PRAECHTER
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Appeal No. 1998-0408
Application No. 08/176,861
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ON BRIEF
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Before COHEN, McQUADE 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 claims 1-12 and 20-28, which are all of the claims
pending in this application. Claim 1 was amended in an
amendment filed January 29, 1996 (Paper No. 10), with the
brief (Paper No. 9).
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a wristband (claims
1-12 and 23-27) and a method of facilitating payment for goods
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