Ex parte DAVID E. WELSH 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                    (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 67                                       

                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                      
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                              Ex parte DAVID E. WELSH                                                                                      
                                                                  and OLIVER L. SIMS                                                                                       
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                                                                   Appeal No. 96-0706                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/185,7561                                                                                      
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                                                            HEARD: September 18, 1997                                                                                      
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                    Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and LYDDANE and                                                                                      
                    CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                                
                    STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              David E. Welsh and Oliver L. Sims, appellants, appeal from                                                                                   
                    the final rejection of claims 23 through 40 under the provisions                                                                                       

                              1 Application for patent filed January 24, 1994.  According                                                                                  
                    to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                                                        
                    07/643,170, filed January 22, 1991, now abandoned, which is a                                                                                          
                    continuation of 06/804,339, filed December 5, 1985, now                                                                                                
                    abandoned, which is a continuation of application 06/537,113,                                                                                          
                    filed September 29, 1983, now abandoned.                                                                                                               
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