Ex parte GARAND 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               was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                     
               binding precedent of the Board.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. 13                                   

                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                         
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
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                                 Ex parte ROBERT R. GARAND, JOHN L. BANDA                                                          
                                                     and CHARLES PIKE                                                              
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                                                   Appeal No. 95-2944                                                              
                                             Application No. 07/986,7711                                                           
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                                                           ON BRIEF                                                                
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               Before GARRIS, PAK and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        
               GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                

                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                              

                       This is a decision on an appeal from the final rejection of                                                 
               claims 13 through 26 which are all of the claims remaining in the                                                   
               application.                                                                                                        


                       1Application for patent filed December 8, 1992.  According                                                  
               to appellants, this application is a division of Application                                                        
               07/777,078, filed October 16, 1991, now U.S. Patent No.                                                             
               5,228,918, issued July 20, 1993, which is a continuation-in-part                                                    
               of Application 07/605,235, filed October 29, 1990, now abandoned.                                                   
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