Ex parte DEPATIE 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 18                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                  Ex parte JEAN FRANCOIS DEPATIE, J. KELLY LEE,                                                                         
                                  ALLAN MACGREGOR WAUGH and JAMES J. PARKER, JR.                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-1425                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/133,4921                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before HAIRSTON, MARTIN and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                                                          
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                               


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-                                                                       
                 17, which constitute all the claims remaining in the                                                                                   
                 application.                                                                                                                           
                          Claim 1 reads as follows:                                                                                                     


                          1Application for patent filed October 7, 1993.                                                                                





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