Ex parte COLSON 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 17                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                    Ex parte WENDELL B. COLSON                                                                          
                                                           and PAUL G. SWISZCZ                                                                          
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                                                           Appeal No. 95-4515                                                                           
                                                       Application 08/243,0001                                                                          
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                                                           HEARD: Feb. 8, 1999                                                                          
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                 Before JOHN D. SMITH, WARREN, and LIEBERMAN, Administrative                                                                            
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                



                          1Application for patent filed May 16, 1994.  According                                                                        
                 to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                                   
                 Application 07/867,476, filed April 13, 1992; which is a                                                                               
                 division of Application 07/701,165, filed May 17, 1991, now                                                                            
                 U.S. Patent No. 5,313,999, issued May 24, 1994; which is a                                                                             
                 continuation-in-part of Application 07/602,998, filed October                                                                          
                 24, 1990, now abandoned.                                                                                                               
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