Ex Parte ZUEHLKE 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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. 50                
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                     __________                                       
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                     __________                                       
                            Ex parte ARUTHUR G. ZUEHLKE                               
                                  and DAVID J. PECH                                   
                                     __________                                       
                                Appeal No. 2003-1570                                  
                               Application 08/748,986                                 
                                     ___________                                      
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                     ___________                                      
          Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Arthur G. Zuehlke et al. appeal from the final rejection               
          (Paper No. 35) of claims 17 through 19 and 22 through 38, all of            
          the claims pending in the application.1                                     
               This is the second appeal to this Board involving the                  
          instant application.  In the first appeal (Appeal No. 1999-1772),           
          a decision adverse to the appellants issued on December 7, 1999             
          (Paper No. 17).                                                             




               1 Claim 37 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.             




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