Ex parte MASKELL - 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                (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD MASKELL                                                                   
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                                                        Appeal No. 97-4165                                                                    
                                                    Application 08/596,5531                                                                   
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                                                                ON BRIEF                                                                      
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                Before CALVERT, ABRAMS, and MCQUADE, Administrative Patent                                                                    
                Judges.                                                                                                                       
                ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                          

                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                    
                         This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally                                                          
                rejecting claims 1-5, which constitute all of the claims of                                                                   
                record in the application.                                                                                                    

                         1Application for patent filed February 5, 1996.  According                                                           
                to appellant, this application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                   
                Application 08/223,724, filed April 6, 1994, now Patent No.                                                                   
                5,491,957, issued February 20, 1996.                                                                                          
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