Ex parte MORAN 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                                          

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                    Ex parte MELISSA A. MORAN and KEVIN P. MORAN                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-4178                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/474,9431                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and STAAB, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to                                                                     
                 3, 5, 6 and 8 to 19.   The other claims remaining in the2                                                                                                  
                 application, claims 4 and 7, were indicated as allowable if                                                                            

                          1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995.                                                                                   
                          2Claim 20 was also finally rejected, but was cancelled                                                                        
                 by an amendment filed February 3, 1997.                                                                                                
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