Ex parte TOHILL 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          was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not             
          binding precedent of the Board.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. 10              

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                Ex parte GAYLORD E. TOHILL, JR. and STEVE E. HENSCHEL                 
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                                 Appeal No. 98-0459                                   
                               Application 08/658,7191                                
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before CALVERT, COHEN and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges.               
          COHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         

                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   

               This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1                 
          through 5, all of the claims in the application.                            
               Appellants’ invention pertains to a contact lens storage               
          compartment.  An understanding of the invention can be derived              
          from a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in             
          the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 8).                                    

               1Application for patent filed June 5, 1996.                            
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