Ex parte JONES 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                             


                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                    Ex parte KEITH A. JONES, ANTHONY E. WINSTON,                                                                        
                                            M. STEPHEN LAJOIE and AMY L. JOSEPH                                                                         
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-2324                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/071,9631                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before WINTERS, DOWNEY and WARREN, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision                                                                            
                 rejecting claims 39 through 42.  Claim 38, which is the only                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed June 7, 1993.  According                                                                        
                 to appellants, this application is a division of Application                                                                           
                 No. 07/883,422, filed May 12, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                     
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