Ex parte CHANEY 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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of                 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. 17              

                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
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           Ex parte DAVID B. CHANEY, BARRY W. SMITH and THOMAS H. MILLS               
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                                Appeal No. 1998-0863                                  
                               Application 08/502,831                                 
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and LAZARUS, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to              
          20, all the claims in the application.  In the supplemental                 
          examiner’s answer (Paper No. 16) the examiner states that                   
          claims 1 to 10 are allowed, leaving claims 11 to 20 before us               

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