Ex parte CHARLTON 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEVEN C. CHARLTON                                                                       
                                                           and MICHAEL J. WILCOX                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1996-0783                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/102,2971                                                                       
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                                                        HEARD: November 15, 1999                                                                        
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                 Before PAK, WARREN, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                           
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1 through 32, which are all of the claims                                                                          
                 pending in this application.                                                                                                           
                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                           
                          The appellants' invention relates to an analyte detection                                                                     
                 method and device.  An understanding of the invention can be                                                                           




                          1Application for patent filed August 5, 1993.                                                                                 





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