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for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANZ-JOSEF GOERTZ and DIETMAR SCHMITT
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Appeal No. 1999-1926
Application No. 08/675,938
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ON BRIEF
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Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and LALL, Administrative Patent Judges.
LALL, 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, 4, 7-11, 20, 21,
23-27, 30-38 and 42, the only pending claims in this application.
The disclosed invention is directed to a waveguide-resonator
device which has a waveguide, a dielectric insert inside a
waveguide, several clamping bodies for fixing the dielectric
insert inside the waveguide, the clamping bodies being arranged
between the waveguide and an outer periphery of the dielectric
insert and contact with the dielectric inset only tangentially,
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