Ex parte ABRIKANT et al. - Page 1




                    The opinion in support of the decision being entered              
                    today was not written for publication and is not                  
                    precedent of the Board                                            
               Paper No. 19                                                           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                  Ex parte MARVIN FABRIKANT AND PATRICIA FABRIKANT                    
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0785                                  
                             Application No. 08/618,794                               
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                              HEARD: February 21, 2001                                
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               Before GARRIS, TIMM, and PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative                   
               Patent Judges.                                                         
               PAWLIKOWSKI, Administrative Patent Judge.                              

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  
                  This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final              
               rejection of claims 1-9, which are all of the claims                   
               pending in this application.                                           
                  The subject matter on appeal is illustrated in claim 1,             
               which reads as follows:                                                

                  1.     A method of forming a permanent identification               
                  indicia on a substrate that melts when heated to a                  
                  predetermined temperature, comprising:                              
                    providing a label having an adhesive on one side,                 
                  wherein the label, including the adhesive, also melts               
                  when heated to the predetermined temperature;                       








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