Ex parte GRANT 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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                    Ex parte LARRY J. GRANT and CLARKE BERDAN II                      
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                                Appeal No. 1997-1491                                  
                               Application 08/478,167                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and KRATZ, Administrative Patent               
          Judges.                                                                     
          KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                
          3-16, 19-25, 35 and 36.  Claims 2, 17 and 18 stand objected to              
          as being dependent upon a rejected claim.  Claims 26-34, the                
          other claims remaining in the present application, have been                
          allowed by the examiner.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                          


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