Ex parte COTTER 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                     not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25                                                     

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                 Ex parte RICHARD COTTER and HUGH TUCKER                                                                                               
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                                                                        Appeal No. 93-4191                                                                                             
                                                                   Application 07/831,6271                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, ELLIS and WEIMAR, Administrative                                                                                                         
                     Patent Judges.                                                                                                                                                    
                     ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                               


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             
                                This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                                                                                                   
                     1 through 16, which are all of the claims pending in the                                                                                                          
                     application.  Claims 1 and 6 are illustrative of the subject                                                                                                      


                                1Application for patent filed February 6, 1992.                                                                                                        
                     According to the appellants, this application is a                                                                                                                
                     continuation of Application 07/506,938, filed April 10, 1990,                                                                                                     
                     now abandoned.                                                                                                                                                    





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