Ex parte BOYLES 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                    for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                    
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                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                      
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                        
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                                         Ex parte JACKIE R. BOYLES, JAMES R. STOY                                                                      
                                                        and JAMES L. G. SCHRODT                                                                        
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                                                             Appeal No. 97-2418                                                                        
                                                     Application No. 08/390,8431                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                         
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                 Before McQUADE, 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 through 3, which are all of the claims                                                                          
                 pending in this application.                                                                                                          


                          1Application for patent filed May 1, 1995.  According to                                                                     
                 the appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                          
                 Application No. 08/209,349, filed March 14, 1994, now                                                                                 
                 abandoned.                                                                                                                            





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