Ex parte ALLEN - 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                         journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD B. ALLEN                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-0925                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/328,1591                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, 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, 3, 5 through 9, 11 and 13 through 16,                                                                  
                which are all of the claims pending in this application.                                                                      


                         We REVERSE.                                                                                                          

                         1Application for patent filed October 24, 1994.  According                                                           
                to the appellant, the application is a continuation of                                                                        
                Application No. 08/066,788, filed May 24, 1993.                                                                               





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