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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                    

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                                    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 P. SCHMIDT and FRANKLIN D. HUTCHINSON                                                               
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                                                        Appeal No. 96-1419                                                                    
                                                   Application 08/081,971 1                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge,                                                                                  
                McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge and                                                                            
                FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                       
                McCANDLISH, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                               

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final                                                            
                rejection of claims 1 through 9 and 12. No other claims are                                                                   

                         Application for patent filed June 23, 1993.  According to1                                                                                                                   
                appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                     
                Application 07/843,508, filed February 28, 1992, now U.S. Patent                                                              
                No. 5,301,916, issued April 12, 1994, which is a continuation-in-                                                             
                part of Application 07/419,213, filed October 10, 1989, now U.S.                                                              
                Patent No. 5,106,049, issued April 21, 1992.                                                                                  
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