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publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GERALD L. BAUER, WILLIAM V. CHILDS
CHARLES F. KOLPIN and DEAN T. RUTTEN
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Appeal No. 96-1110
Application 08/181,6691
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HEARD: July 12, 1999
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Before KIMLIN, GARRIS and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 4-6, all of the claims remaining in
the present application. The appealed claims are reproduced below.
1Application for patent filed August 14, 1994. According to appellant, this application is a
continuation of application 07/990,368, filed December 15, 1992, now U.S. patent 5,290,413, issued
March 1, 1994 which is a continuation of 07/736,227, filed July 26, 1991.
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