Ex parte HERST et al. - Page 1




                                                       Paper No. 17                   
               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                   _______________                                    
                              Ex parte DOUGLAS J. HERST                               
                                  and UTKAN SALMAN                                    
                                   ______________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 96-3201                                   
                              Application 08/177,3991                                 
                                   _______________                                    
                                   ON BRIEF                                           
                                   _______________                                    
          Before URYNOWICZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                     
          PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-                
          13, 18, 20 and 22-26.  Claims 14-17, 19 and 21 have been                    
          indicated as containing allowable subject matter and stand                  


               Application for patent filed January 4, 1994.  According to1                                                                     
          appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/714,145,   
          filed June 11, 1991, now Patent No. 5,276,597 issued January 4, 1994.       
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