Ex parte CAPONE 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                          journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 GARY J. CAPONE and HENRY G. CHIN                                                                        
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                                                           Appeal No. 96-0892                                                                           
                                                    Application No. 08/264,8701                                                                         
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                                                                    ON BRIEF                                                                            
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                 Before CAROFF, KIMLIN and WEIFFENBACH, Administrative Patent                                                                           
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-                                                                       
                 13, all the claims in the present application.  Claim 1 is                                                                             
                 illustrative:                                                                                                                          
                          1.  A fiber formed from an acrylonitrile polymer, said                                                                        


                          1Application for patent filed June 24, 1994.                                                                                  
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