Ex parte HEIN 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                        for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD D. HEIN and WALTER J. KELLY                                                                                             
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                                                                        Appeal No. 1997-0726                                                                                           
                                                                 Application No. 08/329,3981                                                                                           
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                                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                                          
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                     Before MEISTER, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                  
                     NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                



                                                                          DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                           
                                This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                                                 
                     rejection of claims 1 through 5, which are all of the claims                                                                                                      
                     pending in this application.                                                                                                                                      



                                1Application for patent filed October 26, 1994.                                                                                                        
                     According to the appellants, the application is a division of                                                                                                     
                     Application No. 08/158,713, filed November 24, 1993, now U.S.                                                                                                     
                     Patent No. 5,848,782; which was a continuation of Application                                                                                                     
                     No. 07/874,930, filed April 28, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                                              





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