Ex parte LAYER 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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 JOHN C. LAYER, GREGORY J. GUZEWICH and LARRY D. HALL                                                                      
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-3744                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/173,7641                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before PATE, STAAB, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                 NASE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     




                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1 through 16, which are all of the claims                                                                          
                 pending in this application.2                                                                                                          

                          1Application for patent filed December 27, 1993.                                                                              
                          2Claim 16 was amended subsequent to the final rejection.                                                                      





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