Ex Parte HESS 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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           


                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                    ____________                                      
                   Ex parte ROBERT J. HESS and SCOTT L. SULLIVAN                      
                                    ____________                                      
                                 Appeal No. 97-0064                                   
                             Application No. 08/286,7851                              
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                    ____________                                      
          Before KRASS, JERRY SMITH, and GROSS, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                     
          GROSS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         



                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1 through 16, which are all of the claims               
          pending in this application.                                                
               The appellants' invention relates to a pill with a micro               
          barcode containing identification and/or medical information                



               1 Application for patent filed August 5, 1994.                         





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