Ex parte KRISHNAKUMAR 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21                         
                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                           Ex parte SUPPAYAN M. KRISHNAKUMAR, WAYNE N. COLLETTE                                                               
                                                      and THOMAS E. NAHILL                                                                    
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-3789                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/047,0471                                                                   
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                                                      HEARD: March 3, 1998                                                                    
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                Before COHEN, PATE, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                   
                NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                            



                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's rejection                                                           
                of claims 15 through 22, which are all of the claims pending in                                                               
                this application.                                                                                                             


                         We REVERSE and enter a new rejection pursuant to 37 CFR                                                              


                         1Application for patent filed April 12, 1993.  According to                                                          
                the appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                              
                No. 07/831,053, filed February 4, 1992, now abandoned, which was                                                              
                a division of Application No. 07/493,779, filed March 15, 1990,                                                               
                now U.S. Patent No. 5,104,706.                                                                                                




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