Ex parte MICHAEL D. BECK et al. - Page 1




                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                      
               This opinion (1) was not written for publication and                   
               (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 23           
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                              Ex parte MICHAEL D. BECK                                
                                and LAURENCE R. SIMAR                                 
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                                 Appeal No. 95-1763                                   
                                Application 08/109,201                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before HARKCOM, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and KRASS           
          and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                  
          TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                       FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW                        
                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               We have reviewed the record in its entirety in light of the            
          arguments of Appellants and the examiner.  Our decision presumes            
          familiarity with the entire record.  A preponderance of the                 
          evidence of record supports each of the following fact findings.            
          A.   The nature of the case                                                 
               1.   Appellants appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final            
          rejection of claims 2, 3, and 17-29.  (Paper 18.)                           








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