Ex parte SHAW 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD J. SHAW and MARK R. SHAW                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-2483                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/575,8301                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                                                                             
                 FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                      
                 McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                     
                 rejection of claims 1 through 8.  No other claims are pending2                                                                            
                 in the application.                                                                                                                    

                          1    Application for patent filed December 20, 1995.                                                                          
                          2    Of all the amendments filed after the final rejection, only the last-filed                                               
                 amendment (filed September 17, 1996) involving only claims 4 and 8 has been entered. See                                               
                 page 2 of the examiner’s answer.                                                                                                       
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