Ex parte WOOD - 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                        
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                       Ex parte DONALD L. WOOD                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0405                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/178,6681                                                                         
                                                               ______________                                                                           
                                                      HEARD: December 10, 1998                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, COHEN, and STAAB, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 23                                                                       


                          1Application for patent filed January 7, 1994.  According                                                                     
                 to Appellant this application is a continuation of Application                                                                         
                 No. 07/975,217, filed November 12, 1992, now U.S. Patent                                                                               
                 No. 5,293,705, issued March 15, 1994; which is a continuation                                                                          
                 of Application No. 07/599,488, filed October 18, 1990, now                                                                             
                 abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No.                                                                          
                 07/188,980, filed May 2, 1988, now U.S. Patent No. 4,794,712,                                                                          
                 issued January 3, 1989; which is a continuation of Application                                                                         
                 No. 06/800,663, filed November 22, 1985, now abandoned.                                                                                
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