Ex Parte SRINIVASAN et al - Page 1




                     The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                           
                               for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                 

                                                                                      Paper No. 18                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                              Ex parte ANANTHACHARI SRINIVASAN, LEON R. LYLE,                                             
                                          and RAGHAVEN RAJAGOPALAN                                                        
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                                                Appeal No. 1997-4379                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/278,437                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before WINTERS, SCHEINER, and ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                          
              ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        
                     This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final                     
              rejection of claims 1 through 5 and 14 through 18.  Claims 6 through 13 and 19 through                      
              26, which are the only other claims remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from                      
              further consideration by the examiner as directed to a non-elected invention (office                        
              action entered August 21, 1995, Paper No. 4, page 2).                                                       


                     Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced in                         






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