Ex Parte RODDY - 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              written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board                                           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. 18                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                              Ex parte BRIAN J. RODDY                                                     
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                                                Appeal No. 1999-1452                                                      
                                                Application 08/436,830                                                    
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before THOMAS, KRASS and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
              THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        


                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        


                     Appellant has appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims                    
              1-27, which constitute all the claims in the application.                                                   





                     Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:                                                          
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