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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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 JOHN W. BURGHER, DENNIS F. DONG and RICHARD E. LOFTFIELD
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Appeal No. 1999-1387
Application No. 08/593,507
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ON BRIEF
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Before GARRIS, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.
WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1 through 12 and 19 through 29.1 Claims 13
through 18, the only other claims pending in this application,
stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner as
directed to a nonelected invention (see the Brief, page 5). We
have jurisdiction pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134.
1There were no amendments submitted by appellants after
the second final rejection in this application (see the final
rejection dated Feb. 27, 1998, Paper No. 18; see the Answer,
page 2).
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