Ex parte FARIES, JR., et al. - Page 1




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                         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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                    

                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
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                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
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                                            Ex parte DURWARD I. FARIES, JR.,                                                                  
                                                      BRUCE R. HEYMANN and                                                                    
                                                             MARK LICATA                                                                      
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-3002                                                                    
                                                  Application 08/529,4771                                                                     
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                                                          ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                Before MEISTER, MCQUADE, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent                                                                  
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                MEISTER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                             
                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                                 This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims                                                         
                2-11, the only claims remaining in the application.                                                                           

                         1Application for patent filed September 18, 1995.                                                                    
                According to appellants, this application is a continuation-in-                                                               
                part of Application 08/399,976, filed March 7, 1995, which is a                                                               
                continuation-in-part of Application 08/274,869, filed July 14,                                                                
                1994, now Patent No. 5,400,616, issued March 28, 1995; which is                                                               
                a division of Application 08/125,279, filed September 23, 1993,                                                               
                now Patent No. 5,331,820, issued July 26, 1994.                                                                               
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