Ex parte TREGILGAS 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 12                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                   Ex parte JOHN H. TREGILGAS and ARTHUR M. TURNER                                                                      
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                                                             Appeal No. 96-0384                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/106,2521                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before, GARRIS, KRASS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    



                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final                                                                        
                 rejection of claims 1-7, 15-19 and 21. Claims 8 and 20 stand                                                                           
                 objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim but                                                                          
                 would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including                                                                          
                 all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening                                                                           


                          1Application for patent filed August 13, 1993.                                                                                





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