Ex parte WELLMAN et al. - Page 1




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               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                            Ex parte TIMOTHY A. WELLMAN,                              
                                 NED E. DAMMEYER and                                  
                                 WALTER CONLEY, III                                   
                                   ______________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 96-0949                                   
                              Application 08/236,0911                                 
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                                   ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and LALL, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                                                                     
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner's              
          final rejection of claims 21 through 30.  Because pages 1, 5                


               Application for patent filed May 2, 1994.  According to appellants,1                                                                     
          this application is a division of Application 07/682,284, filed April 9, 1991,
          now U.S. Patent No. 5,343,145, issued August 30, 1994.                      
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