Ex parte KRESGE 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 27                                       


                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                             Ex parte CHARLES T. KRESGE, MICHAEL E. LEONOWICZ,                                                                
                                        WIESLAW J. ROTH and JAMES C. VARTULI                                                                  
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-1437                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/734,9981                                                                   
                                                              __________                                                                      
                                                   HEARD:  October 14, 1997                                                                   
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                Before JOHN D. SMITH, GARRIS and WEIFFENBACH, Administrative                                                                  
                Patent Judges.                                                                                                                
                GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          






                         1Application for patent filed July 24, 1991.  According to                                                           
                appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                     
                Application 07/625,245 filed December 10, 1990, now U.S. Patent                                                               
                No. 5,098,684 issued March 24, 1992, which is a continuation-in-                                                              
                part of Application 07/470,008 filed January 25, 1990, now U.S.                                                               
                Patent No. 5,102,643 issued April 17, 1992.                                                                                   
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