Ex parte DIBIASE 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                             
                binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                             

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                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                               
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                   
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                                Ex parte STEPHEN A. DIBIASE, LARRY W. ARNDT,                                                                
                                   GREGORY M. STANSFIELD and LOUIS A. RENBAUM                                                               
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                                                       Appeal No. 94-3371                                                                   
                                                   Application 07/986,8781                                                                  
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                                                               ON BRIEF                                                                     
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                Before JOHN D. SMITH, WEIFFENBACH and ELLIS, Administrative                                                                 
                Patent Judges.                                                                                                              
                WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                   

                                                       DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                   
                        This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                         
                examiner's final rejection of claims 2-7, 9-17 and 73, which are                                                            


                        1Application for patent filed December 4, 1992.  According to                                                       
                appellants, this application is a continuation of Application 07/659,411 filed                                              
                March 11, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application                                                       
                PCT/US90/00815 filed February 21, 1990, which is a continuation-in-part of                                                  
                Application 07/470,431 filed January 24, 1990, now abandoned, which is a                                                    
                continuation of Application 07/319,011 filed March 3, 1989, now abandoned.                                                  
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