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written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte RONALD D. SHINGOLE and GREGORY G. HAFNER
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Appeal No. 1998-1433
Application No. 08/241,252
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ON BRIEF
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Before FRANKFORT, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1, 3 through 12, 14 through 30 and 32 through
39, all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 2,
13 and 31 have been canceled. Subsequent to appellants' filing
of their Notice of Appeal (Paper No. 19) and brief (Paper No.
20), the examiner has withdrawn all rejections of the claims on
appeal except that of claims 1 and 3 through 11 under 35 U.S.C.
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