Ex parte JOHN HORVAT 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                      Ex parte JOHN HORVAT and MARY A. HORVAT                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-3408                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/194,9041                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection                                                           
                of claim 6, which is the only claim pending in this application.2                                                             


                         We REVERSE.                                                                                                          


                         1Application for patent filed February 14, 1994.                                                                     
                         2Finally rejected claim 5 was canceled and replaced with                                                             
                claim 6 by the amendment filed November 17, 1995 (Paper No. 14).                                                              





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