Ex Parte WOLFE 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           not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the                           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. 26               

                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  
                                            __________                                               
                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                     
                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                            
                                            __________                                               
                             Ex parte JOHN T. WOLFE, JOO H. SONG,                                    
                          CHRISTAFOR E. SUNDSTROM, DAVID W. RECORD,                                  
                           DONALD J. TOWNSEND, KEVIN B. BRODERICK,                                   
                                                and                                                  
                                        PHILIP G. SCHNELL                                            
                                            __________                                               
                                      Appeal No. 1998-1722                                           
                                   Application No. 08/527,018                                        
                                           ___________                                               
                                             ON BRIEF                                                
                                           ___________                                               
           Before WARREN, TIMM, and DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judges.                          
           DELMENDO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                    

                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                            
                 This is a decision on an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                               
           (2003) from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 through                            
           20 (final Office action mailed Mar. 7, 1997, paper 9), which are                          
           all the claims pending in the above-identified application.                               
                 The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of                                 
           manufacturing chewing gum (claims 1-4, 6-9, 11, 12, 14-17, 19,                            




Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007