Ex parte FENTON 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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not              
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 23              
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                      Ex parte GARY L. FENTON and GERALD A. SILL                       
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                                  Appeal No. 97-1948                                   
                               Application 08/569,5541                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge,                       
          MEISTER and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                         
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                  
          rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5, 8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 24 and             
          26 through 32, which are all of the claims remaining in this                 
          application. Claims 2, 6, 7, 10 through 13, 16 through 19, 22, 23            
          and 25 have been canceled.                                                   


               1Application for patent filed December 8, 1995.  According to           
          appellants, this application is a continuation of application 08/142,580,    
          filed October 25, 1993, abandoned.                                           
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