Ex parte ROBIN B. SOMERVILLE, et al. - Page 1




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               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          (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                            Ex parte ROBIN B. SOMERVILLE                              
                                 AND LIANG-TSENG FAN                                  
                                   ______________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 95-1668                                   
                              Application 07/948,0891                                 
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                                   ON BRIEF                                           
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          Before PAK, WARREN and OWENS, Administrative Patent Judges.                 
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                                                                     


                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This is an appeal from the examiner’s rejection of claims              
          1 and 3-18, which are all of the claims remaining in the                    
          application.  Claim 14 is illustrative and reads as follows:                


               Application for patent filed September 18, 1992.  According to1                                                                     
          applicants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application       
          07/644,192 filed January 22, 1991, now abandoned.                           
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