Ex parte HOLDEN 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              publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 RICHARD W. HOLDEN, II                                                
                                                         and                                                           
                                              ANTHONY W. WILLIAMS                                                      
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                                                 Appeal No. 98-2385                                                    
                                              Application 08/403,9951                                                  
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                                                      ON BRIEF                                                         
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              Before FRANKFORT, STAAB, and CRAWFORD, 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 through              
              3 and 6 through 17.  Claims 4 and 5, the only other claims pending in the application, have              
              been indicated by the examiner to contain allowable subject matter, but currently stand                  


                     1Application for patent filed March 14, 1995.                                                     
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