Ex parte BOUFFARD 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 20                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                          Ex parte FRANCES A. BOUFFARD and JAMES F. DROPINSKI and                                                                       
                                                           ROBERT A. ZAMBIAS                                                                            
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                                                           Appeal No. 95-0976                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 07/936,5581                                                                         
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                                                       HEARD: January 16, 1998                                                                          
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                 Before WINTERS, WEIFFENBACH, and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the examiner's decision finally                                                                        
                 rejecting claims 1-14.  Claims 1 and 13 are illustrative of                                                                            
                 the subject matter and they read as follows:                                                                                           





                          1Application for patent filed September 3, 1992.                                                                              





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