Ex parte RATZEL 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 38                        
                                         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 O. RATZEL and JAMES A. SIMMONS                                                                      
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                                                             Appeal No. 97-3703                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/110,3491                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, ABRAMS and BAHR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 BAHR, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     




                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1 through 4, 6 through 14, 16 through 18                                                                           
                 and 26. Claims 19 through 25, the only other claims remaining                                                                          


                          1  Application for patent filed August 20, 1993.  According to the                                                            
                 appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application                                                                  
                 08/066,337, filed May 21, 1993, now abandoned; which is a continuation of                                                              
                 Application 07/840,306, filed February 24, 1992, now abandoned; which is a                                                             
                 divisional of Application 07/712,203, filed June 7, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No.                                                            
                 5,123,889; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/592,572, filed                                                            
                 October 5, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,322,477.                                                                                          






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