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is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte PETER F. EISENHARDT and LEONARD P. SMITH
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Appeal No. 1999-1229
Application No. 08/543,975
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ON BRIEF
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Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS and MILLS, Administrative Patent Judges.
ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the examiner’s final rejection of claims
1, 3-7, 16 and 18-30, all the claims remaining in the application. Claims 2, 8-15, 17 and
31-46 have been canceled.
As a preliminary matter, we note that this appeal is related to Appeal No. 1999-
1216 of Application No. 08/421,825. Thus, concurrent with the present decision, this
merits panel is also rendering a decision in Appeal No. 1999-1216. However, we are not
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