Ex parte RAO et al. - Page 1




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                     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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                   

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                    
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                      
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                           
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                                              Ex parte A. GURURAJ RAO                                                       
                                                           and                                                              
                                          NANDHA K. BALASUBRAMANIAM                                                         
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                                                   Appeal No. 95-4520                                                       
                                           Application 08/038,7611                                                          
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                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                 
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              Before WINTERS and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges, and                                        
              FRED E. MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         
              WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                          
                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1-20, all                   
              the claims in the application.  Claims 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 18, 19, and 20 are illustrative of the                 
              subject matter on appeal and read as follows:                                                                 

                     1Application for patent filed March 24, 1993.  According to appellants, this application               
              is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/921,179, filed July 24, 1992.                                     
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