Ex parte BARON 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 43                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                        Ex parte CARL N. BARON, STEPHEN L. MERKEL,                                                                      
                                                             and ROBERT C. HALL                                                                         
                                                                   ____________                                                                         
                                                             Appeal No. 96-0417                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 07/951,3081                                                                       
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                                                           HEARD: July 13, 1999                                                                         
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                 Before PAK, OWENS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal                                                                      
                 to allow claims 33 through 47, which are all of the claims                                                                             
                 pending in this application.                                                                                                           
                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           




                          1Application for patent filed September 24, 1992.                                                                             
                 According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application 07/791,151, filed November 13, 1991, now                                                                                   
                 abandoned; which is a division of Application 07/367,388,                                                                              
                 filed June 16, 1989, now U.S. Patent No. 5,065,695.                                                                                    





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