Ex parte ROSS, JR., 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                Ex parte JOSEPH L. ROSS JR. and CHARLES SCHAUB                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0037                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/237,2241                                                                   
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                                                     HEARD:  Oct. 14, 1997                                                                    
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                Before ABRAMS, STAAB and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 15 through 27, which constitute all of the                                                                   
                claims remaining of record in the application.                                                                                


                         1Application for patent filed May 2, 1994.  According to                                                             
                appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                 
                08/041,721 filed April 1, 1993, now abandoned; which is a                                                                     
                division of Application 07/756,479 filed September 9, 1991, now                                                               
                abandoned.                                                                                                                    
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