Ex parte FREGIEN 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 19                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                              Ex parte JAMES A. FREGIEN and EARL J. SHANABROOK                                                                
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1646                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/080,8901                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge, McCANDLISH, Senior                                                               
                Administrative Patent Judge, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                              
                Judge.                                                                                                                        
                CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to 6,                                                         
                8 to 11 and 13, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                  
                         The claims involved are reproduced in the appendix to                                                                
                appellants’ brief.  Claims 8 and 10 are illustrative of the                                                                   
                subject matter in issue:                                                                                                      


                         1Application for patent filed June 22, 1993.                                                                         
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