Ex parte FUNCHES 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 9                                                

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                               Ex parte OTIS L. FUNCHES, RANDALL D. HAMPSHIRE                                                                 
                                                       and VLADIMIR KOVNER                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-3570                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/215,1921                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before MEISTER, ABRAMS and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                             
                McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         


                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 5, 6 and                                                           
                9.  Claims 7, 8 and 10, the only other claims pending in the                                                                  
                application, stand allowed.                                                                                                   


                         1Application for patent filed March 21, 1994.  According                                                             
                to appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                               
                07/738,793, filed July 31, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,305,160,                                                               
                issued April 19, 1994.                                                                                                        
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