Ex parte NGUYEN 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 26                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                     Ex parte VI T. NGUYEN and PATRICK A. GROSSO                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 96-0205                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/000,9461                                                                         
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           HEARD: June 8, 1999                                                                          
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before JOHN D. SMITH, WALTZ and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                        
                 final rejection of claims 14-25.  In response to a new                                                                                 
                 rejection in the answer, appellants filed an amendment                                                                                 


                          1Application for patent filed January 5, 1993.  According                                                                     
                 to the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part                                                                           
                 of Application No. 07/557,196, filed July 24, 1990, now                                                                                
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             





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