Ex parte THOMPSON 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                      today was not written for publication and is not                
                                binding precedent of the Board                        
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                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                          Ex parte CHRISTOPHER D. THOMPSON                            
                                And JOSEPH R. HOEPFL                                  
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 1998-3353                                  
                               Application 08/692,711                                 
                                     __________                                       
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     __________                                       
            Before McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge,                    
            and Pate and Nase, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
            McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                           


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                                         AND                                          
                                   REMAND TO EXAMINER                                 
                 This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s                  
            final rejection of claims 21 through 25 and 28 through                    
            33. No other claims are pending in the application.                       
                 We reverse the examiner’s decision rejecting the                     
            appealed claims and remand this application to the                        






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