Ex parte PINELL 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 27                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                              Ex parte WILLIAM F. PINELL and WILLIAM M. SALUKE                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1452                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/876,1051                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and ELLIS, Administrative Patent                                                                 
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                                                               
                through 3 and 5.  Claim 6 is also pending, but has been indicated                                                             
                by the examiner as containing allowable subject matter.                                                                       



                         1Application for patent filed April 30, 1992.  According to                                                          
                the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                07/339,972, filed April 18, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                              
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