Ex parte MELCHER - 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 13                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                Ex parte JERALD R. MELCHER and DEBRA A. SPEICHERT                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-0695                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/273,4661                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before LYDDANE, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 3 through 8.  Claims 1 and 2 have been                                                                             


                          1Application for patent filed July 11, 1994.  According                                                                       
                 to the appellants, the application is a division of                                                                                    
                 Application No. 08/000,205, filed January 4, 1993, now U.S.                                                                            
                 Patent No. 5,358,480, which was a division of Application No.                                                                          
                 07/823,366, filed January 21, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                
                 5,212,847.                                                                                                                             





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