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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte THIERRY DUPIN, JEAN LAVINA and REGIS POISSON
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Appeal No. 1996-0167
Application 08/082,1071
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HEARD: September 14, 1999
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Before KIMLIN, OWENS and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 33-45, all of the claims remaining
1 Application for patent filed June 28, 1993. According to appellants, this application is a
divisional of application serial no. 07/863,140, now U.S. Patent No. 5,244,648, issued September 14, 1993;
which is a continuation of application serial no. 07/737,902, filed July 26, 1991, now abandoned, which is
a continuation of application serial no. 07/169,121, filed March 9, 1988, now abandoned, which is a
continuation of application serial no. 06/876,826, filed June 20, 1986, now abandoned, which is a
continuation of application serial no. 06/508,575, filed June 28, 1983, now abandoned, which is a
continuation-in-part of application serial no. 06/330,000, filed December 11, 1981, now abandoned.
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