Ex parte SOUTH 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 18                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                        Ex parte RAND A. SOUTH                                                                          
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                                                             J. MICHAEL SPALL                                                                           
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                                                           Appeal No. 97-0744                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/270,8511                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before COHEN, NASE, and CRAWFORD, 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 to 7, 9 to 17 and 19 to 23, which are                                                                            
                 all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                                         

                          1Application for patent filed July 5, 1994.                                                                                   





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