Ex parte WARTHEN 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          not binding precedent of the Board.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 WILLIAM P. WARTHEN and JOHN B. MANLY, JR.                    
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                                  Appeal No. 97-4048                                   
                               Application 08/371,9341                                 
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                                       ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, FRANKFORT and McQUADE, Administrative Patent                 
          Judges.                                                                      
          FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      

                                  DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                       
          rejection of claims 18, 19 and 20, and from the examiner’s                   
          refusal to allow claims 21 and 22 as amended subsequent to the               

               Application for patent filed January 12, 1995.  According to1                                                                      
          appellants, this application is a divisional of application 08/110,055, filed
          August 30, 1993.                                                             
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