Ex parte CHITNIS 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GIRISH K. CHITNIS and                                                                          
                                                           JOCELYN A. KOWALSKI                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-2479                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/091,4281                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before KIMLIN, GARRIS, and OWENS, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 GARRIS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           


                          1Application for patent filed July 15, 1993.  According                                                                       
                 to appellants, this application is a division of Application                                                                           
                 07/918,772, filed July 27, 1992, now U.S. Patent No.                                                                                   
                 5,258,341, issued November 2, 1993; which is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application 07/636,834, filed January 2, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                          
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