Ex parte HATFIELD 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                          not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding                                                           
                          precedent of the Board.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. 40                          
                                        UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                          Ex parte DEAN HATFIELD and PAUL KIUNKE                                                                        
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                                                            Appeal No. 96-0948                                                                          
                                                     Application No. 08/262,4001                                                                        
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                                                                     ON BRIEF                                                                           
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                 Before MEISTER, ABRAMS, and GONZALES, Administrative Patent                                                                            
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 ABRAMS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   



                                                           DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                           
                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1, 2, 4-12, 14-18 and 22-25.  Claims                                                                          
                 19 and 21 have been allowed, and claims 3 and 13 have been                                                                             


                          1Application for patent filed June 20, 1994.  According to                                                                    
                 appellants, this is a continuation of Application No.                                                                                  
                 07/989,408, filed December 11, 1992, now abandoned.                                                                                    





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