Ex parte MATTIS 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              was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                             
              binding precedent of the Board.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. 12                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                               Ex parte JOHN S. MATTIS, JAMES C. MILROY,                                                  
                                PAUL VON DER LIPPE, GERALD L. SHIMIRAK,                                                   
                                  PAUL S. CHAN and SEBASTIANO SCARAMPI                                                    
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                                                Appeal No. 96-0733                                                        
                                            Application 08/173,8051                                                       
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
              ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        
                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        


                     1Application for patent filed December 22, 1993.  According                                          
              to appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                 
              07/922,460, filed July 30, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,273,449,                                             
              issued December 28, 1993, which is a division of Application                                                
              07/499,117, filed March 26, 1990, now U.S. Patent No. 5,153,988,                                            
              issued October 13, 1992.                                                                                    
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