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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 ROBERT J. NELSON
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Appeal No. 1998-2397
Application No. 08/654,708
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ON BRIEF
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Before RUGGIERO, GROSS, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent
Judges.
GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1 through 8 and 10 through 25. In an
Amendment After Final, filed on May 14, 1997, appellant
cancelled claims 1 through 7 and amended claim 19. In the
Examiner's Answer (page 2), the examiner indicates that claims
20 through 23 are allowable and claim 19 is objected to as
being dependent upon a rejected base claim. Accordingly,
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