Ex parte MAJARIAN et al. - Page 1




                                                                             Paper No. 47                              
                     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             publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                               
                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                
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                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                         Ex parte WILLIAM R. MAJARIAN,                                                 
                                              BRUCE A. D. STOCKER                                                      
                                                         and                                                           
                                              SALETE M.C. NEWTON                                                       
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                                                Appeal No. 95-4700                                                     
                                         Application 07/837,6681                                                       
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                                                ON BRIEF                                                               
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             Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                 
             WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                            

                                              DECISION ON APPEAL                                                       
                     This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through              
             11, 21, 31, 34, 37 through 41, 56 through 61, 72, 73, and 75.  As clarified in the                        
             Supplemental Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 43, July 10, 1996), claims 25 and 35 are                        

             1Application for patent filed February 14, 1992.  According to appellants, this application is a continuation
             of Application 07/348,430, filed May 5, 1989; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/190,570, filed
             May 5, 1988, now abandoned.                                                                               
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