Ex parte E. PAUL SHANNON - 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                              
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte E. PAUL SHANNON                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0998                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/180,2881                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before HARKCOM, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and KRASS                                                             
                and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                 
                CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                      

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    

                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims 1, 4,                                                           
                5, and 7-18, constituting all the claims remaining in the                                                                     
                application.2                                                                                                                 
                         We affirm.                                                                                                           


                         1Application for patent filed January 12, 1994.                                                                      
                         2Claims 2, 3, and 6 were canceled by amendment.  Claim 19                                                            
                was withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a                                                                       
                non-elected invention.  Office action dated December 2, 1994                                                                  
                (Paper No. 8) at 2, paragraph 2.                                                                                              





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