Ex parte GAINES - 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 11                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                                    Ex parte JEFFERSON J. GAINES                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 1999-0286                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/777,4131                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, 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 1, 4 to 6 and 9 to 19, which are all of                                                                            
                 the claims pending in this application.                                                                                                




                          1Application for patent filed December 30, 1996.                                                                              
                 According to the appellant, the application is a continuation                                                                          
                 of Application No. 08/321,243, filed October 11, 1994, now                                                                             
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                             





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