Ex parte HALL 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 25              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                     
                Ex parte RICHARD A. HALL, EDWARD T. SHEERAN, JR. and                  
                                 MICHAEL S. SULLIVAN                                  
                                    _____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 96-2608                                   
                               Application 08/068,4981                                
                                   ______________                                     
                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and                   
          FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                        
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1, 4, 5, 8 and 11, and from the examiner's              
          refusal to allow claims 2 and 7 as amended subsequent to the                


               Application for patent filed May 27, 1993.1                                                                     
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