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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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                Paper No. 17                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                       Ex parte CONRAD J. BELL                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-0126                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/314,7491                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before BARRETT, KRASS, and RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent                                                                             
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 RUGGIERO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                                      
                 claims 1-4, all of the claims pending in the present                                                                                   
                 application.  An amendment after final rejection was filed May                                                                         
                 25, 1995 which was denied entry by the Examiner.                                                                                       
                          The claimed invention relates to a gradient index lens                                                                        
                 assembly formed of a plurality of lens arrays which are joined                                                                         

                          1Application for patent filed September 29, 1994.                                                                             





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