Ex parte WEERS 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                              journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                                             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. 38                                
                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                     
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                     
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                     
                                                                         ____________                                                                                     
                                       Ex parte JERRY J. WEERS and TIMOTHY J. O’BRIEN                                                                                     
                                                                         ____________                                                                                     
                                                                 Appeal No. 1996-3673                                                                                     
                                                          Application No. 08/139,8931                                                                                     
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                     
                                                                         ____________                                                                                     
                    Before JOHN D. SMITH, OWENS and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                                                                                          
                    Judges.                                                                                                                                               
                    JOHN D. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                           


                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                     
                              This is an appeal pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                                      
                    final rejection of claims 14-35.                                                                                                                      



                              1Application for patent filed October 19, 1993.                                                                                             
                    According to the appellants, the application is a continuation                                                                                        
                    of Application No. 08/031,062, filed March 12, 1993, now                                                                                              
                    Patent No. 5,284,576, issued February 8, 1994; which is a                                                                                             
                    continuation of Application No. 07/388,210, filed August 1,                                                                                           
                    1989.                                                                                                                                                 





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