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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PAUL F. BROWNING,
NEIL A. JOHNSON,
THOMAS R. RABER,
MELISSA L. MURRAY,
and
MARK G. BENZ
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Appeal No. 1998-3276
Application No. 08/667,211
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent
Judges.
DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s refusal to allow claims 1 through 8 and 10
through 12.1 Claim 9, which is the only other pending claim, has
1 In response to the final Office action mailed September
30, 1997 (paper 7), the appellants submitted an amendment under
37 CFR § 1.116 (1997) (paper 9) proposing changes to claims 1,
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