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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 58
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRED A. HEITFELD and
SUSAN A. ANDERSON
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Appeal No. 1999-1276
Application No. 08/318,574
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1,
3-8, 10-12, 15 and 19-27, all the claims pending in the application.1
1 Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 6(b), we review the adverse decision of the examiner. In doing so, we
have considered the record, including:
Final Rejection (paper no. 52);
Brief (paper no. 54);
Examiner's Answer (paper no. 55);
Reply To Examiner's Answer (paper no. 56); and,
Examiner Communication (paper no. 57).
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