Ex parte HILL 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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not             
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 26              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                    _____________                                     
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
                                    _____________                                     
            Ex parte JEFFREY L. HILL, GREGORY S. HILL and ROBERT J. BRETL             
                                    _____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 96-2712                                   
                               Application 08/313,548 1                               
                                   ______________                                     
                                 HEARD: June 8, 1998                                  
                                   _______________                                    

          Before COHEN, MEISTER and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                 
          rejection of claims 1, 3 through 5, 9 through 12, 19 and 20.                




               Application for patent filed September 23, 1994.  According to1                                                                     
          appellants, this application is a continuation of application 08/036,436,   
          filed March 24, 1993, which is a continuation-in-part of application        
          08/019,865, filed February 19, 1993.                                        

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