Ex parte HOLLSTEIN 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 38                              
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                               Ex parte ELMER J. HOLLSTEIN,                                                                   
                                                          JAMES T. WEI,                                                                       
                                                         and CHAO Y. HSU                                                                      
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0394                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/989,7291                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, PAK and ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                   
                PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                             

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the refusal of the                                                                 
                examiner to allow claims 9 and 10, which are all of the claims                                                                
                remaining in the application.                                                                                                 


                         1Application for patent filed December 10, 1992.  According                                                          
                to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                07/686,713 filed April 17, 1991, now abandoned, which is a                                                                    
                continuation-in-part of Application 07/565,588 filed August 9,                                                                
                1990, now abandoned.                                                                                                          
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