Ex parte GRUDEN 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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                  Ex parte JAMES M. GRUDEN and ROBERT B. BROOKS JR.                   
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                                 Appeal No. 97-1147                                   
                               Application 08/349,0871                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before FRANKFORT, McQUADE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 4 and 7. Claims 13 through 15, the only                 
          other claims remaining in the application, stand allowed.                   


               Application for patent filed December 2, 1994.1                                                                     
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