Ex parte CAMPO 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                 Ex parte THEODORE J. CAMPO, DONALD R. CHAULK, WILLIAM J. FELTON,                                                             
                            MANOHAR S. GREWAL, JOHN A. HINDLEY, JOHN F. KRANTZ,                                                               
                         MARK D. LINCOLN, KEVIN P. MC DONOUGH and JAMES W. WALSH                                                              
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-3555                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/297,0211                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before FRANKFORT, 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 18 through 20, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30 and 51                                                                  
                through 53.  Claims 31 through 50 are withdrawn from                                                                          
                consideration as drawn to a non-elected invention.  Claims 1                                                                  
                through 17, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 28 have been canceled.                                                                         



                         1Application for patent filed August 29, 1994.  According                                                            
                to the appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                               
                No. 07/628,883, filed December 18, 1990, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                  
                5,399,204.                                                                                                                    





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