Ex parte COLLINS et al. - 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                    today was not written for publication and is not                                              
                    binding precedent of the Board.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. 10                             

                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
                                              ________________                                                    
                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
                                              ________________                                                    
                              Ex parte ALAN COLLINS and ANTOON PEETERS                                            
                                              ________________                                                    
                                           Appeal No. 1998-3106                                                   
                                          Application 08/679,603                                                  
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                       
                                              ________________                                                    
             Before OWENS, WALTZ and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                                             
             Judges.                                                                                              
             OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  

                                            DECISION ON APPEAL                                                    
                    This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                      
             claims 1-20.  Claims 21 and 22, which are all of the other                                           
             claims in the application, stand withdrawn from consideration                                        
             by the examiner as being directed toward a nonelected                                                
             invention.                                                                                           


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