Ex parte MARTIN 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                                       

                                    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 C. MARTIN, PHILLIP RAMBOSEK,                                                                 
                     WILLIAM J. VANDERHEYDEN, JOHN W. LOUKS, DONALD L. POCHARDT                                                               
                                                     and SATINDER K. NAYAR                                                                    
                                                              __________                                                                      
                                                        Appeal No. 97-0145                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/073,3271                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1 through 9 and 11 through 14.  At that point,                                                               
                remaining claims 10 and 15 through 22 had been withdrawn by the                                                               
                examiner as being directed to a nonelected invention.  After                                                                  


                         1Application for patent filed June 8, 1993.                                                                          
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