Ex parte SLATER 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                             
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                   __________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                   __________                                                                           
                                                   Ex parte CHARLES R. SLATER,                                                                          
                                           MATTHEW A. PALMER, and PETER KRATSCH                                                                         
                                                                   __________                                                                           
                                                           Appeal No. 97-2486                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/308,9831                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before McCandlish, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, MEISTER                                                                         
                 and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                

                          1Application for patent filed September 19, 1994.                                                                             
                 According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application 08/107,454, filed August 17, 1993, now U.S. Patent                                                                         
                 No. 5,396,900; which is a continuation-in-part of Application                                                                          
                 07/922,023, filed July 28, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                   
                 5,331,971; which is a continuation of Application 07/680,392,                                                                          
                 filed April 4, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,192,298; and a                                                                              
                 continuation-in-part of Application 07/978,249, filed November                                                                         
                 18, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,395,375; and a continuation-                                                                           
                 in-part of Application 08/016,595, filed February 11, 1993,                                                                            
                 now abandoned.                                                                                                                         
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