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for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANK E. JOUTRAS and RONALD J. HRUSKA JR.
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Appeal No. 98-0985
Application No. 08/271,0221
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ON BRIEF
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Before CALVERT, NASE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 42-47, 49-52 and 72-74. Claim 48 has been
allowed and claims 1-41, 53-71 and 75-82 have been canceled.
1Application for patent filed July 6, 1994. According to
the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of
Application No. 08/089,852, filed July 9, 1993.
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