Ex parte ANDERSON - 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 33                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                               Ex parte RONALD C. ANDERSON and DAVID A. MEYERS                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-2623                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/240,0951                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before ABRAMS, McQUADE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                               
                rejection of claims 1, 4 and 5.  Claims 6 through 12 have been                                                                
                allowed.  Claims 2 and 3 have been objected to for depending from                                                             
                a rejectable base claim.  Claim 13 has been canceled.                                                                         



                         1Application for patent filed May 9, 1994.  According to                                                             
                the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                No. 07/689,024, filed September 16, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                      





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