Ex parte RINCOE 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 20                            
                                       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 G. RINCOE and PAUL J. MOORE, JR.                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-4293                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/138,3961                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT and STAAB, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1, 3-5, 9-11, 14-16, 18, 22-29, 41                                                                            



                          1Application for patent filed October 18, 1993.                                                                               
                 According to appellants, this application is a division of                                                                             
                 Application 07/704,615 filed May 23, 1991, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                         
                 5,253,656 issued October 19, 1993.                                                                                                     





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