Ex parte CHAN 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                              journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GILBERT Y. CHAN and KENNETH G. PRESTON                                                                                      
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                                                                   Appeal No. 97-1703                                                                                      
                                                              Application 08/382,4321                                                                                      
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                                                                             ON BRIEF                                                                                      
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                    Before McQUADE, NASE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                       
                    McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                  


                                                                   DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                      
                              This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 9 through                                                                                  
                    12, all of the claims pending in the application.                                                                                                      



                              1Application for patent filed February 2, 1995.  According                                                                                   
                    to appellants, the application is a division of Application                                                                                            
                    08/048,575, filed April 15, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,414,555,                                                                                       
                    issued May 9, 1995, which is a continuation of Application                                                                                             
                    07/820,010, filed January 13, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                                     
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