Ex parte VIG 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9                                        

                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                      
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                                 Ex parte JOHN R. VIG                                                                                      
                                                                and RAYMOND L. FILLER                                                                                      
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                                                                   Appeal No. 98-0174                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/545,1621                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before KRASS, TORCZON and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                                                                            
                    Judges.                                                                                                                                                
                    KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                    

                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                                                     
                    claims 1 through 16 , all of the claims in the application.2                                                                                                                




                              1     Application for patent filed October 19, 1995.                                                                                         
                              2    While the appendix to the brief shows claims 1 through 13 and 15                                                                        
                    through 17, claim 15 was renumbered as claim 14 in accordance with 37 CFR 1.126,                                                                       
                    which resulted in claim 16 becoming new claim 15 and claim 17 becoming new claim                                                                       
                    16.                                                                                                                                                    
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