Ex parte GAO 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 39                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                    Ex parte WEI GAO and JOHN B. VANDER SANDE                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-1353                                                                    
                                                    Application 07/696,9731                                                                   
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                                                  HEARD:  December 10, 1997                                                                   
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                Before McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, ABRAMS and                                                             
                FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                      
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1, 3 through 6, 8 through 55 and 57 through 89.                                                              
                Claim 2 has been withdrawn from consideration as being directed                                                               


                         1Application for patent filed May 1, 1991.  According to                                                             
                appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                 
                07/542,170 filed June 22, 1990, now abandoned.                                                                                
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