Ex parte MALHOTRA 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                   Ex parte SHADI L. MALHOTRA, BRENT S. BRYANT                                                                
                                                        and DORIS K. WEISS                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-3783                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/034,9171                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WALTZ, Administrative Patent                                                                 
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3,                                                            
                5-14, 16-22, 25 and 26, all the claims remaining in the present                                                               
                application.  A copy of illustrative claim 1 is appended to this                                                              
                decision.                                                                                                                     
                         In addition to the admitted state of the prior art, the                                                              
                examiner relies upon the following reference in the rejection of                                                              
                the appealed claims:                                                                                                          

                         1Application for patent filed March 19, 1993.                                                                        
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