Ex parte HAYNES - 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                was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                               
                binding precedent of the Board.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. 14                                       

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                                   Ex parte DAVID H. HAYNES                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-1775                                                                    
                                                Application No. 08/500,7401                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before CALVERT, COHEN and McQUADE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                              
                CALVERT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the examiner’s refusal to allow                                                               
                claims 8 to 10, all the claims remaining in the application .                                      2                          


                         1Application for patent filed July 11, 1995.  According to                                                           
                appellant, this application is a continuation of Application                                                                  
                08/351,203 filed November 30, 1994, now abandoned.                                                                            
                         2Following the final rejection of claims 1 to 7,                                                                     
                appellant, by amendment filed on June 27, 1996 (Paper No. 9),                                                                 
                cancelled claims 1 to 7 and added claims 8 to 10, which are                                                                   
                stated to be claims 5, 6 and 7, respectively, rewritten in                                                                    
                independent form.                                                                                                             
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