Ex parte PRENGLE 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                   
                          binding precedent of the Board.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. 10                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                  Ex parte SCOTT H. PRENGLE and ROBERT H. EKLUND                                                                        
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                                                          Appeal No. 1997-3967                                                                          
                                                    Application No. 08/482,0581                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and KRASS, Administrative Patent                                                                               
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           




                          1Application for patent filed June 7, 1995.  According                                                                        
                 to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/165,553 filed December 10, 1993, now U.S.                                                                           
                 Patent No. 5,910,676 issued June 8, 1999; which is a                                                                                   
                 continuation of Application No. 07/895,535 filed June 8, 1992,                                                                         
                 now abandoned; which is a division of Application No.                                                                                  
                 07/785,174 filed October 29, 1991; now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                 
                 5,171,702 issued December 15, 1992; which is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application No. 07/383,960 filed July 21, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                         





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