Ex parte BRYANT 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 BRUCE D. BRYANT, KENNETH A. MARKO,                                                                        
                                          JIMI S.-Y. TJONG and DAVID M. MATHIAS                                                                         
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-3895                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/288,1031                                                                          
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before FLEMING, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         
                 LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      
                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 103 from the                                                                   
                 examiner's final rejection of claims 1-6, 11-15 and 17-30.                                                                             
                 Claims 7-10 and 16 have been objected to as having allowable                                                                           
                 subject matter but depending from a rejected claim.                                                                                    
                                           References relied on by the Examiner                                                                         
                 Capps                                        4,643,023                           Feb. 17, 1987                                         


                          1      Application for patent filed August 9, 1994.                                                                           
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