Ex parte JAFFE 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 26                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
                                                         ________________                                                                     
                                   Ex parte EDWARD E. JAFFE and MARTIN TANNER                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0700                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/153,5501                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-3, 14                                                         
                and 15.  Claims 4-13, the other claims in the present                                                                         
                application, have been allowed by the examiner.  A copy of                                                                    
                illustrative claim 1 is appended to this decision.                                                                            

                         1Application for patent filed November 16, 1993.                                                                     
                According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                
                Application No. 07/924, 208, filed August 3, 1992; which is a                                                                 
                continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/737,799, filed                                                                     
                July 26, 1991; which is a continuation of Application No.                                                                     
                07/520,487, filed May 8, 1990, all abandoned.                                                                                 
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