Ex parte WINNER - 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 22                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                      Ex parte KEVIN D. WINNER                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-3194                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/442,8161                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, 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 3, 4, 6, 9 to 24, 31 to 38 and 44 to 46,                                                                           
                 which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                               



                          1Application for patent filed May 17, 1995.  According to                                                                     
                 the appellant, the application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                            
                 Application No. 08/233,291, filed April 26, 1994, now U.S.                                                                             
                 Patent No. 5,488,844.                                                                                                                  




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