Ex parte SERBIAK 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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                    


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                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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               Ex parte PAUL J. SERBIAK, ANNAMARIA CESCO-CANCIAN,                                                                             
                JULIE K. FREDRICK and ROBERT J. PEERENBOOM                                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1027                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/218,9541                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before McCANDLISH Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                                                                     
                McQUADE and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                               
                McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                            
                rejection of claims 30 and 32 through 42. No other claims are                                                                 

                         1Application for patent filed March 28, 1994.  According to                                                          
                appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                 
                No. 08/048,640, filed April 16, 1993, abandoned, which is a                                                                   
                continuation of Application No. 07/811,388,filed December 20,                                                                 
                1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,219,341, issued March 28, 1995.                                                                   
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