Ex parte JOSEPH 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 26                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                Ex parte JAMES C. JOSEPH, MICHAEL A. PIKULIN, and                                                                       
                                                           WILLIAM H. FRIEND                                                                            
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                                                           Appeal No. 94-4357                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 07/739,0501                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before SOFOCLEOUS, PAK and OWENS, Administrative Patent                                                                                
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 PAK, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      


                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          Joseph et al. (appellants) appeal from the examiner’s                                                                         
                 refusal to allow claims 1, 2, 4 through 11, 13 through 20,                                                                             
                 33 through 44 and 46 through 54, which are all of the claims                                                                           
                 remaining in the application.  Claim 8 was amended subsequent                                                                          
                 to the final rejection.                                                                                                                

                          1Application for patent filed August 1, 1991.                                                                                 





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