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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 HISASHI KOBAYASHI
and KUANG-TSAI WU
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Appeal No. 1998-3055
Application No. 08/631,591
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ON BRIEF
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Before OWENS, LIEBERMAN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent
Judges.
OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of
claim 5, and refusal to allow claims 1-4 as amended after final
rejection. These are all of the claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a glass melting apparatus and method.
Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative.
1. A glassmelting oxygen-fuel burner apparatus which
reduces alkali corrosion comprising:
a glassmelting furnace having a plurality of walls, a
crown, a charge end, a batch melting area and a fining area;
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