Ex parte GAFFAR 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                  not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                            
                  binding precedent of the Board.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. 23                


                           UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                     
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                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                        
                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                              
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               Ex parte ABDUL GAFFAR, JOHN J. AFFILITTO, THOMAS G. POLEFKA,                              
                                NURAN NABI and MARILOU T. JOZIAK                                         
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                                        Appeal No. 1995-4903                                             
                                    Application No. 07/926,0161                                          
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                                               ON BRIEF                                                  
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            Before JOHN D. SMITH, PAK and LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent                               
            Judges.                                                                                      

            LIEBERMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                      



                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                              






                  1  Application for patent filed August 7, 1992.  According to                          
            appellants, this application is a continuation-in-part of Application No.                    
            07/794,783 filed November 25, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,208,009 issued May                 
            4, 1993; which is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/631,232 filed                 
            December 20, 1990, now U.S. Patent No. 5,096,699 issued March 17, 1992; which                
            is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/594,598 filed October 9, 1990,               
            now U.S. Patent No. 5,158,763 issued October 27, 1992.                                       






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