Ex parte HIGGINS 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 15                            
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
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                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
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                                                Ex parte KENNETH B. HIGGINS and                                                                         
                                                             THOMAS E. AUSTIN                                                                           
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0596                                                                           
                                                   Application No. 08/069,887 1                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before METZ, PAK, and WALTZ , Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                 WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    




                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           

                          This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the                                                                              
                 examiner’s final rejection of claims 1, 2, 4 through 6, 8                                                                              
                 through 11, 13 through 15, 17 through 23, 25 and 27 (answer,                                                                           

                          1Application for patent filed June 1, 1993.  According to                                                                     
                 appellants, the application is a continuation of Application                                                                           
                 07/660,296, filed February 22, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                    





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