Ex parte SCEPANOVIC 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                                 
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                    Ex parte RANKO SCEPANOVIC,                                                                          
                                                            JAMES S. KOFORD,                                                                            
                                                              EDWIN E. JONES,                                                                           
                                                         DOUGLAS B. BOYLE, and                                                                          
                                                           MICHAEL D. ROSTOKER                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-2053                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/229,6241                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                                                                          
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 JERRY SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                              
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134                                                                        
                 from the examiner's rejection of claims 1-27, which constitute                                                                         
                 all the claims in the application.  In the answer the examiner                                                                         
                 withdrew the pending rejection of claims 1-27 and added a                                                                              

                          1Application for patent filed April 19, 1994.                                                                                 
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