Ex parte RAMSEY 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          publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 31              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                               Ex parte MARK S. RAMSEY                                
                             and WILLIAM C. MORRIS, Jr.                               
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                                 Appeal No. 97-4183                                   
                               Application 08/424,1281                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                   
          Judges.                                                                     
          MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Mark S. Ramsey and William C. Morris Jr. (the appellants)              
          appeal from the final rejection of claims 9-14.  Claims 16 and              
          17, the only other claims remaining in the application, stand               


               1 Application for patent filed April 19, 1995. According to appellants, the
          application is a continuation of Application 08/087,667, filed July 6, 1993, now
          abandoned.                                                                  
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