Ex parte CROWELL 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 16                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                    Ex parte THOMAS A. CROWELL, J. JEFFRY HOWBERT and JOHN S. WARD                                                                      
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                                                          Appeal No. 1996-0721                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/036,6401                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before GARRIS, HANLON and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                           
                 PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                                     
                 rejection of claims 14 through 26 and 28, which are all of the                                                                         
                 claims pending in the application.                                                                                                     




                          1Application for patent filed March 24, 1993.  According                                                                      
                 to the appellants, the application is a division of                                                                                    
                 Application No. 07/554,218, filed July 17, 1990, now Patent                                                                            
                 No. 5,216,026, issued on June 6, 1993.                                                                                                 





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