Ex parte HIPPELY 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 12                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                    Ex parte KEITH A. HIPPELY, LARRY R. WOOD,                                                                 
                                          BRIAN E. WALSH and TERENCE A. CHOY                                                                  
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-3987                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/387,0471                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before COHEN, ABRAMS, 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 1 through 10, which are all of the claims                                                                 
                pending in this application.                                                                                                  


                         We REVERSE.                                                                                                          


                         1Application for patent filed February 10, 1995.                                                                     





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