Ex parte MORRISON 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                 Ex parte BRUCE J. MORRISON, DEAN B. MORRISON                                                                 
                                                        and ADAM MORRISON                                                                     
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                                                        Appeal No. 94-4173                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/868,4921                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before WILLIAM F. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and ELLIS, Administrative                                                                
                Patent Judges.                                                                                                                
                ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 8                                                               
                through 16.  Claim 17 is also pending, but was withdrawn from                                                                 
                consideration by the examiner in accordance with 37 CFR §                                                                     
                1.142(b).                                                                                                                     

                         1Application for patent filed April 15, 1992.  According to                                                          
                the appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                 
                Application 07/617,030, filed November 21, 1990, now abandoned.                                                               
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