Ex parte PAULS DAVIS 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                               
                                                                                                        Paper No. 25                          

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                       Ex parte PAULS DAVIS, STEVEN D. GAGNON                                                                 
                                                            and ERIC LIND                                                                     
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-3858                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/931,6281                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1, 3-7,                                                         
                9-13, 26, 28, 34 and 36.  Claims 17, 18, 21, 24, 32, 38 and 39,                                                               
                the other claims remaining in the present application, stand                                                                  
                withdrawn from consideration.  A copy of illustrative claim 1 is                                                              
                appended to this decision.                                                                                                    

                         1Application for patent filed August 18, 1992.  According                                                            
                to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                07/455,540, filed December 22, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                           
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