Ex parte BIRD - 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                              journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 42                                                                     
                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                      
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                             Ex parte FORREST M. BIRD                                                                                      
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                                                                   Appeal No. 95-3184                                                                                      
                                                              Application 07/981,9101                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                                           
                    Judges.                                                                                                                                                
                    McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                  


                              1Application for patent filed November 23, 1992.                                                                                             
                    According to appellant, the application is a continuation of                                                                                           
                    Application 07/400,730, filed August 30, 1989, now abandoned,                                                                                          
                    which is a division of Application 07/145,734, filed January 14,                                                                                       
                    1988, now U.S. Patent No. 5,007,420, issued April 16, 1991, which                                                                                      
                    is a continuation of Application 06/671,491, filed November 14,                                                                                        
                    1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of                                                                                                
                    Application 06/516,133, filed July 21, 1983, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                       
                    4,592,349, issued June 3, 1986, which is a continuation-in-part                                                                                        
                    of Application 06/291,622, filed August 10, 1981, now abandoned,                                                                                       
                    which is a continuation-in-part of Application 06/261,929, filed                                                                                       
                    Apr. 3, 1981, which is a continuation-in-part of Application                                                                                           
                    06/250,586, filed April 3, 1981, now abandoned.  The appellant                                                                                         
                    may wish to review the foregoing parent application data which is                                                                                      
                    set forth on page 1 of the specification since it would appear                                                                                         
                    that the reference to Application 06/261,929 instead should be to                                                                                      
                    Application 06/261,629.                                                                                                                                
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