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                                  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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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 DAVID S. SUMIDA and DENNIS C. JONES                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-4470                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/223,1901                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before THOMAS, HAIRSTON and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                           

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of                                                             
                claims 1 through 3, 10 and 17 through 22, all of the claims                                                                   
                remaining in the application.                                                                                                 
                         The invention is directed to a monolithic multifunctional                                                            
                optical element.  More particularly, the optical element has a                                                                
                body made of a material with a refractive index greater than                                                                  


                         1Application for patent filed April 5, 1994.                                                                         
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