Ex parte BRUCE R. BOWMAN 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 24                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                     Ex parte BRUCE R. BOWMAN and PETER STASZ                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-0935                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/157,7371                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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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 1 through 20, which constituted all of the                                                                   
                claims of record in the application.  Subsequently, however, the                                                              
                appellants canceled claims 1, 2 and 15 through 20 (Paper No. 17),                                                             
                and the examiner indicated that claims 3 through 9 were allowed                                                               

                         1Application for patent filed November 24, 1993.                                                                     
                According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                
                Application 07/902,899 filed June 23, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                    
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