Ex parte CHRISTIANO 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                        journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 STEVEN P. CHRISTIANO, GREGORY G. BAUSCH,                                                            
                         LAUREN M. TONGE, SHARON K. McCOY, ELIZABETH F. MALLEN,                                                           
                       ROGER J. JONES, ATHANASIOS SURUTZIDIS and ANDREW A. FISK                                                           
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                                                      Appeal No. 95-4939                                                                  
                                               Application No. 08/096,3451                                                                
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                                                              ON BRIEF                                                                    
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                Before KIMLIN, WARREN and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent                                                                  
                Judges.                                                                                                                   
                KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                      


                                                      DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                  
                        This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-                                                           
                15, 18-28, 31-41 and 44, all the claims remaining in the                                                                  
                present application.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                                                            



                        1Application for patent filed July 22, 1993.                                                                      
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