Ex parte GOMPERTZ 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                               Ex parte MICHAEL A. GOMPERTZ                                                                   
                                                                    and                                                                       
                                                            ART B. DAWSON                                                                     
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-2650                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/489,2571                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before COHEN, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                               
                rejection of claims 12 through 14 and 17 through 19, which are                                                                
                all of the claims pending in this application.2                                                                               


                         1Application for patent filed June 14, 1995.  According to                                                           
                the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                No. 08/381,016, filed January 30, 1995, now abandoned, which was                                                              
                a continuation of Application No. 08/025,105, filed March 2,                                                                  
                1993, now abandoned.                                                                                                          
                         2Claims 13, 14 and 17 through 19 were amended subsequent to                                                          
                the final rejection.                                                                                                          




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