Ex parte COLWELL 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              written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding         
               precedent of the Board.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. 27         
                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                  
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              Ex parte ROBERT P. COLWELL, MICHAEL A. FETTERMAN, GLENN J.              
                   HINTON, ROBERT W. MARTELL, and DAVID B. PAPWORTH                   
                                     ____________                                     
                                  Appeal No. 97-0266                                  
                              Application No. 08/176,3701                             
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                                       ON BRIEF                                       
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          Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, 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 and 3 through 43, which are all of the                
          claims pending in this application.  In the Examiner's Answer,              
          the examiner objected to claims 18, 19, 32 through 34, and 41               
          through 43 as being dependent upon rejected base claims.  With              
          the Reply Brief filed on October 2, 1995, claims 18, 19, 32                 

              1Application for patent filed December 30, 1993.                        





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