Ex parte PIRIZ 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                     publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                 
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                               AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                   Ex parte JOSE M. PIRIZ and SIDNEY A. DAVID                                            
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                                                Appeal No. 2000-0325                                                     
                                              Application No. 08/914,365                                                 
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                                             HEARD: December 13, 2001                                                    
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              Before FLEMING, LALL, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
              BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  




                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final                        
              rejection of claims 1-12.                                                                                  
                     We vacate the examiner's rejections in view of a new ground of rejection under 37                   
              CFR § 1.196(b).                                                                                            












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