Ex parte SCHOOLMAN - Page 1




             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                    for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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                               Ex parte ARNOLD SCHOOLMAN                              
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                                 Appeal No. 1998-2656                                 
                              Application No. 08/523,535                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and STAAB, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  


               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9                 
          through 15.  Claim 14 was amended subsequent to the final                   
          rejection.  These claims constitute all of the claims                       
          remaining in the application.                                               


               Appellant's invention addresses an anesthesia apparatus.               
          A basic understanding of the invention can be gained from a                 






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