Ex parte PHARR - 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                     (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                                          
                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                               
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                 Ex parte ROBERT S. PHARR                                                                                              
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                                                                        Appeal No. 96-3304                                                                                             
                                                                   Application 08/279,5651                                                                                             
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                                                                                  ON BRIEF                                                                                             
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                     Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, STAAB                                                                                                      
                     and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                                       
                     CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                            

                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                                              
                     rejection of claims 1-23 which are all the claims pending in                                                                                                      
                     the application.                                                                                                                                                  
                                Appellant’s invention is a machine readable display unit                                                                                               
                     for metered devices.  Claim 1 is exemplary of the subject                                                                                                         

                                1Application for patent filed July 25, 1994.                                                                                                           
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