Ex parte HO 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                    publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20                                       

                                            UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                      
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                                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                     
                                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                      
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                                                                     Ex parte PING-PEI HO                                                                                  
                                                                  and ROBERT R. ALFANO                                                                                     
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                                                                       Appeal No. 95-1923                                                                                  
                                                                     Application 08/051,9871                                                                               
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before URYNOWICZ,  LEE and FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                      
                    URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                

                                                                    DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                     

                              This appeal is from the final rejection of claim 19, the only claim pending in appellants’                                                   
                    application.                                                                                                                                           
                              The invention pertains to a multiple-stage optical gate.  Claim 19 reads as follows:                                                         

                              1Application for patent filed April 26, 1993.  According to appellants, this application is a                                                
                    division of Application 07/784,220, filed October 30, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,227,912,                                                             
                    granted July 13, 1993.                                                                                                                                 
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