Ex parte LEUNG 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 33                              

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                    Ex parte WOON F. LEUNG                                                                    
                                                    and ASCHER H. SHAPIRO                                                                     
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0978                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/110,3241                                                                   
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                                                     HEARD: AUGUST 7, 1997                                                                    
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                Before CALVERT, MEISTER and ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         Woon F. Leung and Ascher H. Shapiro (appellants) appeal from                                                         
                the final rejection of claims 1 and 2.   Claims 3-21, the only  2                                                             
                other claims present in the application, stand withdrawn from                                                                 


                         1Application for patent filed August 20, 1993.  According                                                            
                to applicants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                07/815,432 filed December 31, 1991.                                                                                           
                         2Claim 2 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.                                                             
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