Ex parte ELTING et al. - Page 1



                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                

                         The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                                                 
                         today (1) was not written for publication in a law                                                                   
                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                         Paper No. 20                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte JAMES J. ELTING                                                                   
                                                                    and                                                                       
                                                        VINCENT N. TOSCANO                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-2226                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/203,7891                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before ABRAMS, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection                                                           
                of claims 1 through 3, 10, 11, 22, 30 and 31, which are all of                                                                
                the claims pending in this application.2                                                                                      



                         1Application for patent filed March 1, 1994.                                                                         
                         2While the examiner has approved entry of the amendment                                                              
                after final rejection (Paper No. 10, filed September 12, 1995),                                                               
                we note that this amendment has not been clerically entered.                                                                  





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