Ex parte BALBIERZ 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                                   

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                   Ex parte DANIEL J. BALBIERZ, JACK M. WALKER,                                                                         
                            JOSEPH R. THOMAS, ROBERT S. BLEY and KEVIN VAN BLADEL                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 98-1936                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/316,9331                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent                                                                            
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                 This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                                 


                          1Application for patent filed October 3, 1994.                                                                                
                 According to appellants, the application is a continuation-in-                                                                         
                 part of Application 08/000,274, filed January 4, 1993, now                                                                             
                 U.S. Patent No. 5,599,291, issued February 4, 1997.                                                                                    
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