Ex parte STUPP 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 12                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                      Ex parte EDWARD H. STUPP and BABAR A. KHAN                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-1394                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/179,8011                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before HAIRSTON, KRASS and FLEMING, Administrative Patent                                                                              
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 HAIRSTON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                 


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 17                                                                       
                 through 25, 27, 28, 30 and 31.                                                                                                         

                          1Application for patent filed January 11, 1994.                                                                               
                 According to the appellants, the application is a continuation                                                                         
                 of Application No. 08/098,662, filed July 28, 1993, now Patent                                                                         
                 No. 5,305,128, which is a continuation of Application No.                                                                              
                 07/921,953, filed July 29, 1992, now abandoned, which is a                                                                             
                 continuation of Application No. 07/725,368, filed June 27,                                                                             
                 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Application                                                                            
                 No. 07/456,026, filed December 22, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                                





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