Ex parte CUTTS 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              (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 52                        

                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
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                                      Ex parte RICHARD W. CUTTS, JR.,                                                    
                                  KENNETH C. DEBACKER, ROBERT W. HORST,                                                  
                                   NIKHIL A. MEHTA, DOUGLAS E. JEWETT,                                                   
                              JOHN D. ALLISON, and RICHARD A. SOUTHWORTH                                                 
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                                               Appeal No. 96-0905                                                        
                                            Application 08/116,9501                                                      
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, FLEMING, and CARMICHAEL, Administrative Patent                                               
              Judges.                                                                                                    
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                        

                                               DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        



                     1Application for patent filed September 7, 1993.  According                                         
              to appellants, this application is a continuation of Application                                           
              07/517,533, filed April 25, 1990; which is a continuation of                                               
              Application 07/282,538, filed December 9, 1988.                                                            
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