Ex parte ALCONE 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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. 20              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                        
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                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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             Ex parte JERRY M. ALCONE, KIRK A. LOHNES and JAMES W. JETER               
                                    _____________                                      
                                  Appeal No. 96-2143                                   
                               Application 08/046,0561                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                      
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                          

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,                 
          2, 9, 10, and 15 through 19.  Subsequent to the final                        
          rejection, amendments (Paper Nos. 10 and 16) were entered by                 
          the examiner amending claims 1 and 9, and canceling claims 2,                

               Application for patent filed April 12, 1993.1                                                                      
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