Ex parte TONG 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                                                                               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. 21                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                    Ex parte CINDY B. S. TONG and KEVIN B. HICKS                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 95-1829                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/068,0401                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before KIMLIN, HANLON, and PAK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                          
                 HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   




                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 25, 38-47 and 49 (see Paper No. 10), all                                                                           
                 of the claims pending in the application.  The claims on                                                                               

                          1Application for patent filed May 28, 1993.  According to                                                                     
                 appellants, the application is a continuation-in-part of                                                                               
                 Application No. 07/749,347, filed August 23, 1991, now U.S.                                                                            
                 Patent 5,244,684, issued September 14, 1993.                                                                                           





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