Ex parte LEAHY 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 18              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                     
                     Ex parte KEVIN P. LEAHY and COREY D. JONES                       
                                    _____________                                     
                                Appeal No. 1999-0944                                  
                             Application No. 08/890,252                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and                   
          STAAB and GONZALES, Administrative Patent Judges.                           
          STAAB, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final              
          rejection of claims 1-4 in this broadening reissue application              
          based on appellants’ U.S. Patent 5,430,937, issued July 11,                 
          1995.  No other claims are currently pending.                               


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