Ex parte RIEBER 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               was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                   
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                                  

                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                         
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                                             
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                                Ex parte ROY S. RIEBER, WILLIAM A. MALLOW,                                                       
                                                 and JESSE R. CONNER                                                             
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                                                  Appeal No. 96-0216                                                             
                                               Application 07/842,9151                                                           
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                               
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               Before JOHN D. SMITH, ELLIS and OWENS, Administrative Patent                                                      
               Judges.                                                                                                           
               ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               

                                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                                             
                      This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3                                                  
               through 10, and 12 through 18.  Claims 19 through 29 are also                                                     



                      1Application for patent filed February 27, 1992.  According                                                
               to the appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                  
               Application 07/483,440, filed February 7, 1990, now abandoned;                                                    
               which is a continuation of Application 07/225,107, filed July 27,                                                 
               1988, now abandoned.                                                                                              
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