Ex parte CURTINDALE 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                             Ex parte EDWARD C. CURTINDALE and ANTHONY J. FINOCCHIO                                                                     
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0278                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/604,0261                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before CALVERT, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 3, 5, 7 and 8, which are all of the claims                                                                         
                 pending in this application.2                                                                                                          




                          1Application for patent filed February 20, 1996.                                                                              
                          2Claims 7 and 8 were amended subsequent to the final                                                                          
                 rejection.                                                                                                                             





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