Ex parte TAYLOR 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16                          


                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                 Ex parte WILLIAM J. TAYLOR, JOSEPH F. LESSAR,                                                                
                                       LOUIS E. HALPERIN and ROBERT E. KRASKA                                                                 
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                                                        Appeal No. 95-5093                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/047,1321                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before KIMLIN, JOHN D. SMITH and WARREN, Administrative Patent                                                                
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 and                                                           
                3-7, all the claims remaining in the present application.  Claim                                                              
                1 is illustrative:                                                                                                            


                         1Application for patent filed April 9, 1993.  According to                                                           
                appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                     
                Application 07/879,252, filed May 1, 1992, now abandoned; which                                                               
                is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/419,881, filed                                                                    
                October 11, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                                              
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