Ex parte FRANCIS 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 MITCHELL J. FRANCIS and GARY H. PACKMAN                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1142                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/260,8311                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and STAAB, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of                                                          
                claims 1-4, all the claims currently pending in the application.                                                              
                         Appellants’ invention pertains to an amusement ride which                                                            
                includes a digital video player that projects a 3-D image onto a                                                              



                         1Application for patent filed June 16, 1994.                                                                         
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