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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the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. 15
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte FRANCES A. BOUFFARD and JAMES F. DROPINSKI
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Appeal No. 95-3387
Application No. 08/005,9421
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ON BRIEF
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Before WINTERS, WEIFFENBACH and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent
Judges.
WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the examiner's decision finally
rejecting claims 1-15. Claims 1 and 12 are illustrative of
the subject matter on appeal and they read as follows:
1Application for patent filed January 15, 1993.
According to the appellants, the application is a
continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/775,774, filed
October 17, 1991, now Patent No. 5,430,019, issued July 4,
1995, which is a continuation-in-part of Application No.
07/960,983, filed October 16, 1992, now abandoned.
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