Ex Parte WILLING - 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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.                                                                      

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                               Ex parte BERND WILLING                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2004-2235                                  
                             Application No. 09/195,005                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, MCQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Bernd Willing appeals from the final rejection (mailed                 
          October 29, 2003) of claims 7, 11 and 12, all of the claims                 
          currently pending in the application.1                                      
               This is the second appeal to this Board involving the                  
          instant application.  A decision in the first appeal (Appeal No.            
          2002-0319) issued on September 25, 2002.                                    




               1 The appellant amended claims 7 and 11 and canceled claims            
          8 and 10 subsequent to the final rejection.                                 



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