Ex parte SWAIN 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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not             
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 16              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                     
               Ex parte EUGENE A. SWAIN, STANLEY J. PIETRZYKOWSKI, JR.                
                        MARK C. PETROPOULOS and ALAN D. SMITH                         
                                    _____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 97-1494                                   
                               Application 08/395,2141                                
                                   ______________                                     
                                      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 refusal to            
          allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 7, 9, 10, 14 and 19 as amended                 
          subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed May 22, 1996             
          (Paper No. 7).   Claims 15 through 18 stand allowed.                        



               Application for patent filed February 27, 1995.1                                                                     
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