Ex parte PONTUTI 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                                          

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                   Ex parte JAMES A. PONTUTI, ROBERT W. WARNER,                                                                         
                                         RICHARD F. THEISSEN and JOHN A. NIELSEN                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0353                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/099,2201                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before ELLIS, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                           
                 OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the examiner’s final rejection of                                                                      
                 claims 7-13, which are all of the claims remaining in the                                                                              


                          1Application for patent filed July 29, 1993.  According                                                                       
                 to appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                                            
                 07/688,648, filed April 19, 1991, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                  
                 5,260,113, issued November 9, 1993.                                                                                                    
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