Ex parte SWARTS 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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not             
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 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 DALE F. SWARTS, WILLIAM L. ROHR JR., STEVE T. LIN               
            THIRUMALAI DEVANATHAN, STEVEN L. KREBS, and PAUL D. SCHOENLE              
                                    _____________                                     
                                 Appeal No. 97-2783                                   
                               Application 08/388,0891                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
                                   _______________                                    

          Before COHEN, FRANKFORT and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                     

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                      
          rejection of claims 1, 4 through 13 and 15.  As noted on page 1             
          of appellants' brief (Paper No. 8), claims 2, 3 and 14 "are not             
          presented for Appeal and their final rejection has been accepted            
          by the Appellant."                                                          


               Application for patent filed February 14, 1995.1                                                                     
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