Ex Parte LICHTENFELS, - 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                   for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                         Ex parte FREDERICK L. LICHTENFELS, II                        
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                                 Appeal No. 1999-0245                                 
                              Application No. 08/720,268                              
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before COHEN, BARRETT, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.          
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         


                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                  

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, and 21. Claims 6, 7, 15, 17,              
          22, and 23 stand withdrawn from consideration; 37 CFR 1.142(b).             
          These claims constitute all of the claims remaining in the                  
          application.                                                                

               Appellant’s invention pertains to an apparatus for                     
          determining liquid level in a container, to a method for                    
          determining liquid level in a container without the use of a                




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