Ex parte KAPLAN 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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                       

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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 MURRAY A. KAPLAN, JOSEPH B. BOGARDUS and                                                                                             
                                                                        ROBERT K. PERRONE                                                                                              
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                                                                         Appeal No. 1995-3047                                                                                          
                                                                     Application No. 07/805,7291                                                                                       
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                                                                                   ON BRIEF                                                                                            
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                     Before WINTERS, WILLIAM F. SMITH and LORIN,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                        

                     WINTERS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                             


                                                                        DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                             

                                This appeal was taken from the examiner's decision rejecting claims 1 through 24,                                                                      

                     which are all of the claims in the application.                                                                                                                   

                                Claims 1, 8 and 15 are representative:                                                                                                                 


                                1Application for patent filed December 6, 1991.  According to appellants, this application is a                                                        
                     continuation-in-part of application no. 07/772,641, filed October 8, 1991, now abandoned, which is a                                                              
                     continuation of application no. 07/652,454, filed February 7, 1991, now abandoned which is a continuation                                                         
                     of application no. 07/514,261, filed May 1, 1990, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of                                                                
                     application no. 07/352,065, filed May 15, 1989, now abandoned.                                                                                                    
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